eradicate
v.v. to get rid of something completely so that it never comes back. You use this for things that are very bad, like diseases or poverty.
v. to destroy or remove something completely; to put an end to something undesirable. Often used in the context of public health, social issues, or pests.
The government hopes to eradicate poverty within ten years.
Global health organizations worked together for decades to eradicate smallpox through a massive vaccination campaign.
While the new policy aims to eradicate corruption within the local police force, critics argue that systemic changes are required to prevent the same patterns from re-emerging.
PIE word *wréh₂ds From Middle English eradicaten (“to eradicate”), from eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, the perfect passive participle of ērādīcō (“to uproot, root out; to anihilate, eradicate”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also radish.
From Middle English eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten), used up until Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object.
The disease was eradicated from the world.The disease was eradicated.While 'from' is grammatically possible, 'eradicate' itself implies total removal, making 'from the world' redundant in most contexts.