ERADICATE Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the word eradicate. (close relations)
eradicated
Best Alternative Words for ERADICATE
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annihilate | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill in large numbers | ||||||||
eliminate | verbv | |||||||
verb • terminate, end, or take out • get rid of something • kill in large numbers • dismiss from consideration or a contest • eliminate from the body • remove from a contest or race • remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations | ||||||||
extinguish | verbv | |||||||
verb • extinguish by crushing • put an end to; kill • put out, as of fires, flames, or lights • terminate, end, or take out • kill in large numbers | ||||||||
wipe out | verbv | |||||||
verb • use up (resources or materials) • kill in large numbers • eliminate completely and without a trace • remove from memory or existence • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase • wipe out the effect of something | ||||||||
obliterate | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • reduced to nothingness verb • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase • make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing • remove completely from recognition or memory • do away with completely, without leaving a trace | ||||||||
exterminate | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many • destroy completely, as if down to the roots | ||||||||
extirpate | verbv | |||||||
verb • destroy completely, as if down to the roots • pull up by or as if by the roots • surgically remove (an organ) | ||||||||
uproot | verbv | |||||||
verb • move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment • destroy completely, as if down to the roots • pull up by or as if by the roots | ||||||||
decimate | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies • kill in large numbers | ||||||||
carry off | verbv | |||||||
verb • be successful; achieve a goal • remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state • kill in large numbers | ||||||||
root out | verbv | |||||||
verb • pull up by or as if by the roots • destroy completely, as if down to the roots |