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Eradicate vs Dumbfound - What's the difference?

eradicate | dumbfound |

As verbs the difference between eradicate and dumbfound

is that eradicate is to pull up by the roots; to uproot while dumbfound is to confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.

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

    dumbfound

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dumfound

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.