verb
definition
To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
definition
To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
example
Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.
Examples of eradicating in a Sentence
No, it can not, for it would mean, not eradicating factionalism, but elevating it to a principle.
The FAO says that, " eradicating hunger is not merely a lofty ideal " (21 ).
There is a mass campaign aiming to mobilize 100,000 teachers with the aim of eradicating illiteracy.
Any portion of the underground rhizome when broken off is capable of producing a new plant; hence the difficulty of eradicating them when once established.
This sum proved totally inadequate generations later to meet the cost of eradicating the dry rot at an estimated sum of £ 40,000.
Eradicating terrorism is a much more daunting task than most people realize for the following reasons.
Eradicating H pylori would cost less than $ 1,000.
In 2003, she founded the Maddox Jolie Project, which has a goal of eradicating extreme poverty and conserving wildlife in Battambang, Cambodia.
If you are in the habit of eradicating spiders from your home, resist the urge to do so in the garden.
Pest control services around the country have also come to realize the value of offering an organic solution for eradicating pests.
Eliminating known poison ivy, oak, or sumac growth in the yard or garden is also an important preventative step, but eradicating the weeds can be difficult.
After about two weeks of this shedding phase, the hair ceased growing at all for several weeks, and the client looks forward to her next appointment to continue eradicating hair.
The laser makes contact with the hair and the laser light generates heat which destroys the hair follicle, eradicating your hair problems for good.
Physical illness charities focus on eradicating a specific disease, sometimes in a specific age or population group.
In most cases, bleach is a highly efficient sanitizer, eradicating bacteria and viruses alike.
One of the most difficult parts of eradicating these pests is that some species have developed tolerance to certain types of pesticides.
This treatment is a quick go-to solution for eradicating ugly blackheads.
Although at various times he had helped to strengthen the law for the recovery of fugitive slaves, declining as secretary of state to aid Great Britain in the further suppression of the slave trade, and demanding the return of fugitives from Canada, yet he heartily supported the colonizing of the slaves in Africa, because slavery was the "deepest stain upon the character of the country," opposition to which could not be repressed except by "blowing out the moral lights around," and "eradicating from the human soul the light of reason and the law of liberty."