Synonyms of eradicated

eradicated 1 of 2

adjective

as in obliterated

Related Words

• obliterated
• extirpated
• destroyed
• exterminated
• mutilated
• disintegrated
• wiped out
• damaged
• mangled
• ruined
• demolished
• wrecked
• devastated
• fragile
• defaced
• pulverized
• breakable
• brittle
• dynamited
• collapsed
• exploded
• frangible
• split
• frail
• cracked
• splintered
• imploded
• ruinate
• blasted
• broken
• delicate
• fragmented
• shattered
• busted
• smashed
• fractured
• detonated
• slivered

Dissimilar Words

• unbroken
• repaired
• fixed
• reconstructed
• healed
• mended
• patched
• rebuilt
• unbreakable
• infrangible

eradicated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of eradicate

as in erased

to destroy all traces of

the successful effort to eradicate smallpox around the globe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erased
• abolished
• destroyed
• obliterated
• exterminated
• annihilated
• expunged
• demolished
• extirpated
• wiped out
• swept (away)
• liquidated
• effaced
• shattered
• canceled
• stamped (out)
• killed
• dismantled
• ruined
• cleaned (up)
• blotted out
• rooted (out)
• discarded
• ravaged
• consumed
• decimated
• blacked out
• snuffed (out)
• devastated
• dissolved
• rubbed out
• wrecked
• flattened
• razed
• wasted
• dashed
• expelled
• smashed
• excised
• finished
• ejected
• fragmented
• doomed
• devoured
• totaled
• pulverized
• terminated
• powdered
• atomized
• splintered
• blasted
• mowed (down)
• ousted
• tore down
• blew up
• zapped
• dynamited
• jettisoned
• cut
• killed off
• ditched
• threw out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• preserved
• saved
• created
• built
• constructed
• made
• manufactured
• formed
• conserved
• shaped
• restored
• forged
• framed
• fabricated
• fashioned
• fixed
• repaired
• rebuilt
• renewed
• reconstructed
• renovated
• patched
• revamped
• mended
• reconditioned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of eradicated

Verb

The team has eradicated every invasive casuarina pine, the Australian import whose needles poison the native plants beneath it, along with invasive sea grapes that chew up the dunes. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Screwworm had been considered eradicated from the US, Mexico and most of Central America decades ago. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Magnus had almost entirely eradicated the type of commentary that divided fans along political and racial lines. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

The sighting also is evidence, advocates say, of the legal protections that have helped gray wolves recover after they were nearly eradicated from the state. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

For decades, deer had populated Santa Rosa Island, but they were eradicated from the island at the end of 2011 to restore its native ecosystem and protect its natural vegetation. — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Spray Pesticides If a hornet nest needs to be eradicated, do so at dusk when all of the hornets have returned. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2026

Within a year of its onset, the economic depression practically eradicated the need to mint any new coinage for months. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026

In 1979, the United States became the first country to declare polio eradicated following years of mass vaccinations; in subsequent decades, many other countries reported similar results. — Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026