valley
EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryms
abolish annihilate black out blot out cancel clean (up) efface erase expunge exterminate extirpate liquidate obliterate root (out) rub out snuff (out) stamp (out) sweep (away) wipe outEnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryExamples
- //The disease has now been completely eradicated.
- //His ambition is to eradicate poverty in his community.
First Known Use
1532, in the meaning defined at sense 2History and Etymology
Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare, from e- + radic-, radix root — more at rooteradicate
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms
- to destroy all traces of //the successful effort to eradicate smallpox around the globeSynonymsExamples
- //The disease has now been completely eradicated.
- //His ambition is to eradicate poverty in his community.
First Known Use1532, in the meaning defined at sense 2History and EtymologyLatin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare, from e- + radic-, radix root — more at root
eradicate
verb
Synonyms & Antonyms
- to destroy all traces of //the successful effort to eradicate smallpox around the globeSynonymsRelated Words
valley — MW · Shobdo