English-Spanish translations for eradicate

• descuajar
• erradicar
  Queremos erradicar el analfabetismo en mi país. We want to eradicate illiteracy in my country.
  Juntos debemos reforzar los puntos fuertes y erradicar las debilidades. Together, we must strengthen the strengths and eradicate the weaknesses.
  Debemos erradicar el odio sin justificar la violencia. We must eradicate hatred without justifying violence.
• exterminar

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