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eradicate

Verb

IPA /ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/

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Meaning in plain English

To remove something harmful or unwanted completely, so that none of it remains.

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eradicate/ɪˈrædɪkeɪt/

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An unwanted problem remains
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To eradicate a problem is to eliminate it entirely.

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The gardeners worked for months to eradicate the invasive weed.
The new checking process aims to eradicate repeated errors in our records.

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eradicate — To remove something harmful or unwanted completely, so that none of it remains.

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To remove something harmful or unwanted completely, so that none of it remains.

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Word origin

From Latin eradicare, originally meaning to pull out by the roots.

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Eradicate something from somewhere identifies what is removed and where it existed.

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