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eradicate

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"Wipe out"

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aacdeeirtStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (ERADICATE).

Definitions

  1. kill in large numbers

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: delete, erase
  • Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.
  • Thus far, virtually every cinematic attempt to convey the outrages of South African life under apartheid has been diminished by its own good intentions and by a grim sameness that eradicates any element of surprise.

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