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Third Person
eradicates
Present Participle
eradicating
Past Tense
eradicated
Past Participle
eradicated
1
to completely destroy something, particularly a problem or threat
transitive
- The international community is collaborating to eradicate the illegal wildlife trade.
- Farmers implemented pest control measures to eradicate the invasive species threatening their crops.
- The government is committed to eradicating poverty through various social programs.
- Scientists are researching ways to eradicate invasive plants that threaten local ecosystems.
- The vaccination campaign successfully eradicated the spread of the infectious disease.
Synonyms:
2
to commit a large-scale homicide which results in a significant reduction in population
transitive
- The disease threatened to eradicate entire communities if not controlled quickly.
- The government's actions were seen as an attempt to eradicate a specific group of people.
- The massacre was one of the most tragic events, aiming to eradicate a whole community.
- The genocide was designed to eradicate the population based on their ethnicity.
- The conflict threatened to eradicate generations of families in the village.