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Synonyms of eradicate

56 similar words · 5 opposite words

Another word for eradicate is eliminate. Other synonyms of eradicate are ruin, harry, subvert, exterminate and annihilate. The opposite of eradicate is protect.

Synonyms and similar words for eradicate

verbTo pull up by the roots.

  • root outTo remove or abolish completely.
  • root upTo dig or pull up by the roots.
  • uprootTo destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.

verbTo destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.

  • annihilateTo reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
  • eliminateTo completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
  • exterminateTo kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population, often of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
  • extirpateTo pull up by the roots; uproot.
  • destroy
  • aerosolize
  • atomize
  • bewreckTo wreck completely; ruin; destroy.
  • blot out
  • blotto
  • dashTo ruin; to destroy.
  • decompose
  • demolish
  • desolateTo devastate or lay waste somewhere.
  • devastate
  • diffuse
  • disintegrate
  • disperseTo break up and disappear; to dissipate.
  • dissolve
  • erase
  • extinguishTo put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
  • fuck vulgarTo break, to destroy.
  • harryTo strip, lay waste, ravage.
  • jazz
  • lay wasteTo completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
  • level
  • liquidateTo kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder...
  • nukeTo destroy or erase completely.
  • obliterateTo destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
  • overturn
  • pull down
  • pulverizeAmerican and Oxford British spelling of pulverise.
  • razeTo completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from...
  • ravageTo devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
  • remove
  • ruinTo destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
  • ruinate
  • stamp outTo get rid of totally; to eradicate.
  • total
  • subvertTo overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
  • unbreed figuratively
  • unexist
  • unmakeTo destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.
  • waste
  • wipe out
  • wipe off
  • wreck
  • delete
  • benothing obsolete, rareTo reduce to nothing; annihilate.
  • fordo obsolete
  • overthrow rare
  • race obsoleteTo level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
  • ravel obsoleteTo destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.

Opposite of eradicate

verbTo pull up by the roots.

verbTo destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.

Meaning of eradicate

  1. verb To pull up by the roots.
  2. verb To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
  3. verb Eradicated.

Full definition of eradicate

eradicate in other languages

Questions about synonyms of eradicate

What is another word for eradicate?
Eradicate has 56 synonyms on Word.ws, such as eliminate, ruin, harry, subvert, exterminate, annihilate, disperse and obliterate.
What is the opposite of eradicate?
The opposite of eradicate is protect.
What does eradicate mean?
Eradicate means to pull up by the roots.

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