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eradicate

verbCommon GRE wordMore E words

to destroy or wipe out completely

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Eradicate in a sentence

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Vaccination campaigns helped eradicate smallpox worldwide.

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establishimplantpropagate

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Reviewers noted that the novelist, once known for blank prose, had pared her sentences down until scarcely a superfluous word remained.

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Questions about “eradicate”

Eradicate (verb) means to destroy or wipe out completely
Here is eradicate used in an example sentence: "Vaccination campaigns helped eradicate smallpox worldwide."
Common synonyms for eradicate include eliminate, extirpate, obliterate.
Antonyms of eradicate include establish, implant, propagate.
Eradicate is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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