verb
- completely destroyed or eliminated
Usage: past tense and past participle of eradicate
Examples
- The disease was eradicated through widespread vaccination.
- Scientists have nearly eradicated polio worldwide.
- The invasive species was eradicated from the national park.
- Poverty cannot be eradicated overnight.
- The government eradicated corruption in the department.
- Smallpox was officially eradicated in 1980.