Destroy vs Eradicate - What's the difference?
destroy | eradicate |
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
Eradicate is a synonym of destroy.
In transitive terms the difference between destroy and eradicate
is that destroy is to put down or euthanize while eradicate is to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.destroy
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Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
Synonyms
* annihilate * break * demolish * kill * ruin * waste * See alsoAntonyms
* build * construct * create * make * raise * repairDerived terms
* destroyable * destroyer * destroyer escort * destroying angeleradicate
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(eradicat)- Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980