Found 3 items, similar to Eradicating.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: eradicate
basmi, membasmi
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: eradicate
eradicate
v 1: kill in large numbers;
“the plague wiped out an entire
population” [syn:
eliminate,
annihilate,
extinguish,
wipe out,
decimate,
carry off]
2: destroy completely, as if down to the roots;
“the vestiges
of political democracy were soon uprooted” [syn:
uproot,
extirpate,
exterminate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Eradicating
Eradicate
\E*rad"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Eradicated; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Eradicating.] [L. eradicatus, p. p. of
eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See
Radical.]
1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree
eradicated.
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2. To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to
eradicate diseases, or errors.
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This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might
be eradicated by vigorous treatment. --Southey.
Syn: To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy;
annihilate.
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