🧹eradicate

Meaning

To completely destroy or eliminate something harmful.

To destroy completely; to put an end to something undesirable.

Example Sentences

Scientists are working hard to eradicate malaria.

Vaccination programs help eradicate infectious diseases.

Example Expressions

eradicate poverty

Synonyms

eliminate, destroy, exterminate, abolish, wipe out

Entry 1

eliminate, destroy, exterminate, abolish, wipe out

Entry 2

eliminate, exterminate, abolish

Antonyms

preserve, maintain, protect, retain

Entry 1

preserve, maintain, protect

Entry 2

preserve, retain, maintain

Collocations

eradicate disease, eradicate poverty, eradicate corruption, eradicate racism

More Example Sentences

Everybody knows how much unbiased the tenure of caretaker government is to eradicate corruption from the society.