In transitive terms the difference between eradicate and outroot
is that
eradicate is to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate while
outroot is to eradicate; to extirpate.
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
External links
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