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Eradicate vs Extirpable - What's the difference?

eradicate | extirpable |

As a verb eradicate

is to pull up by the roots; to uproot.

As an adjective extirpable is

capable of being extirpated or eradicated.

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

    Related terms

    * eradicable * eradication * eradicative * radical * root

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    extirpable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Capable of being extirpated or eradicated.
    • an extirpable plant
    (Evelyn)
    (Webster 1913)