English Dictionary

eradicate

/ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/

verb

(transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot. / (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.

Farmers use herbicides to eradicate weeds from their fields.

意味（1）

(transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.

意味（2）

(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.

Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.