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Eradicate

🔄 Synonyms of "Eradicate"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
extirpateverb	(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
annihilateverb	To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
extinguishverb	(transitive) To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
decimateverb	(loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
uprootverb	(transitive) (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
exterminateverb	(transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
wipe outverb	(transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
carry offverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Eradicate"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
extirpateverb	(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate.
uprootverb	(transitive) (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
wipe outverb	(transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
extinguishverb	(transitive) To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
exterminateverb	(transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
annihilateverb	To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
carry offverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To act convincingly; to succeed at giving the impression of (e.g.) knowledge, confidence, or familiarity.
decimateverb	(loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
obliterateverb	(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
killverb	(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
exterminationnoun	The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
effaceverb	(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
eraseverb	(transitive) To remove (markings or information).
defuseverb	(transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
cullverb	To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
dispelverb	(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
removingnoun	removal
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
removeverb	(transitive) To delete.