English-Portuguese translations for eradicate

• erradicar
  Queremos erradicar o analfabetismo no meu país.We want to eradicate illiteracy in my country.
  Juntos, temos de fortalecer as forças e erradicar as fraquezas. Together, we must strengthen the strengths and eradicate the weaknesses.
  Temos de erradicar o ódio sem justificar a violência. We must eradicate hatred without justifying violence.
• desenraizar
• exterminar
• levar

Definition of eradicate

• To pull up by the roots; to uproot

Synonyms

• root up
• uproot
• annihilate
• exterminate
• extirpate

Examples

• Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.

Related words

• eradication
• eradicated
• eradicator
• eradication of the outbreak
• eradicate sth root and branch