eradicate

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English eradicaten (“to eradicate”), from eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten) +‎ -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, the perfect passive participle of ērādīcō (“to uproot, root out; to anihilate, eradicate”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also radish. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/, /iˈræd.əˌkeɪt/ Hyphenation: e‧rad‧i‧cate ==== Verb ==== eradicate (third-person singular simple present eradicates, present participle eradicating, simple past and past participle eradicated) (transitive, now rare) To pull up by the roots. Synonyms: root out, root up, uproot Antonym: radicate (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to. Synonyms: annihilate, eliminate, exterminate, extirpate; see also Thesaurus:destroy Antonyms: encourage, foster, introduce, protect, radicate Near-synonyms: delete, erase ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten), used up until Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. ==== Participle ==== eradicate (obsolete) eradicated ==== Further reading ==== “eradicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “eradicate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === acierated == Italian == === Verb === eradicate inflection of eradicare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Participle === eradicate feminine plural of eradicato == Latin == === Verb === ērādīcāte second-person plural present active imperative of ērādīcō