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Eradicating

Eradicate \E*rad"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eradicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Eradicating.] [L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See Radical.]

  1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

  2. To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.

    This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment.
    --Southey.

    Syn: To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.

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eradicating

vb. (present participle of eradicate English)

Usage examples of "eradicating".

Thus, a return to inspections would also mean reviving the sanctions and shutting down the smuggling, meaning that pursuing the inspections route requires not only finding a way out of the inspections trap, but also solving all of the problems of fixing the sanctions and eradicating the smuggling.

Because of the level of devotion involved, the authorities have been generally unsuccessful in eradicating the sects.

But ultimately we have to find a method of eradicating the energy virus itself, and without damaging the victim.

He was a man in his late fifties, she guessed, with a short crop of fading black, curly hair and cheeks which appeared almost bloated, eradicating wrinkles.

Dawn was strengthening above the barbed tree line, thankfully eradicating the stars and their hideous reminder of infinity.

Light panels in the airlock chamber began to flicker uncertainly as his robe shrank around his body, eradicating any fabric which could catch against obstructions.

They'll get it, the new seers say, from eradicating unnecessary habits.

I asked him what eradicating unnecessary habits did to the glow of awareness.

In the immediate wake of 9/11, we rightly devoted all of the United States' diplomatic, intelligence, and military attention to eradicating the threat from al-Qa'eda, and as long as that remains the case we should not indulge in a distraction as great as toppling Saddam.

A haze light enough to drift on Amethi's minimalist breezes, little more than a draft of perfume, yet eradicating the necessity of insects.

The gamma rays penetrated deep into the soil, eradicating bacteria and burrowing insects.

But if our present method of education isn't, or wasn't, eradicating the inequities, what would you suggest as the course of action?

Work with us in eradicating prejudices, hatred, hunger, bad housing, bad laws, crime, etc.