eradicate

/ɪɹˈædəkˌeɪt/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. kill in large numbers
   “the plague wiped out an entire population”
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
   “the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted”

Synonyms for eradicate

• eliminate
• annihilate
• extinguish
• wipe out
• decimate
• carry off
• uproot
• extirpate
• root out
• exterminate

Words that rhyme with eradicate

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• accommodate
• articulate
• communicate
• eliminate
• gate
• great
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• subordinate
• suffocate