Definitions for eradicator

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

e•rad•i•cateɪˈræd ɪˌkeɪt(v.t.)-cat•ed, -cat•ing.

  1. to remove or destroy utterly:

    to eradicate smallpox.

  2. to erase by rubbing or by means of a chemical solvent.

  3. to pull up by the roots:

    to eradicate weeds.

Origin of eradicate:

1555–65; < L ērādīcātus, ptp. of ērādīcāre=ē-e - +-rādīcāre, der. of rādīxroot1

e•rad′i•ca`tor(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. exterminator, terminator, eradicator(noun)

    someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)

Wiktionary

  1. eradicator(Noun)

    A person who, or thing that eradicates


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