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Dismantle vs Eradicate - What's the difference?

dismantle | eradicate |

In lang=en terms the difference between dismantle and eradicate

is that dismantle is to take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces while eradicate is to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.

As verbs the difference between dismantle and eradicate

is that dismantle is (originally) to divest, strip of dress or covering while eradicate is to pull up by the roots; to uproot.

dismantle

English

Verb

(dismantl)
  • (originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
  • To remove fittings or furnishings from.
  • To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
  • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled . Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]}}

    Derived terms

    * dismantlement

    References

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    eradicate

    English

    Verb

    (eradicat)
  • To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
  • To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
  • Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980

    Synonyms

    * (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot * (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate * See also

    Antonyms

    * radicate