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Definition of eradicate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

eradicate

 verb
verb
NAmE//ɪˈrædəˌkeɪt//
 
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they eradicate
 
he / she / it eradicates
 
past simple eradicated
 
-ing form eradicating
 
 
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to destroy or get rid of something completely, especially something bad synonym wipe somebody/somethingout eradicate something Diphtheria has been virtually eradicated in the United States. eradicate something from something We are determined to eradicate racism from our sport.
eradication
 
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NAmE//ɪˌrædəˈkeɪʃn//
 
noun [uncountable]See eradicate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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