Synonyms of eradicates

eradicates

verb

present tense third-person singular of eradicate

as in erases

to destroy all traces of

the successful effort to eradicate smallpox around the globe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erases
• abolishes
• destroys
• obliterates
• annihilates
• demolishes
• effaces
• cancels
• shatters
• exterminates
• liquidates
• stamps (out)
• wipes out
• kills
• expunges
• sweeps (away)
• extirpates
• ravages
• dismantles
• roots (out)
• cleans (up)
• discards
• consumes
• blots out
• ruins
• blacks out
• snuffs (out)
• devastates
• dissolves
• flattens
• decimates
• rubs out
• wastes
• expels
• ejects
• smashes
• devours
• wrecks
• dashes
• pulverizes
• atomizes
• fragments
• terminates
• zaps
• mows (down)
• dooms
• finishes
• razes
• totals
• blasts
• ditches
• excises
• ousts
• powders
• kills off
• blows up
• jettisons
• tears down
• cuts
• splinters
• throws out
• dynamites

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protects
• preserves
• saves
• creates
• conserves
• makes
• builds
• manufactures
• forms
• constructs
• shapes
• restores
• forges
• frames
• repairs
• renews
• reconstructs
• fashions
• fabricates
• fixes
• rebuilds
• renovates
• reconditions
• mends
• revamps
• patches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of eradicates

But that also eradicates a crucial option - to mount a show trial and scapegoat him for all the ills of his rule, thus absolving others. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally. — Dr. Patricia Richard, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026

This method completely eradicates weeds on contact without any toxic chemicals. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026

These four novels create a convincing, wrenching, kaleidoscopic picture of the range and repetitions of the most fatal kind of love; the sort of love that allows nothing else to grow around it, that eradicates all dignity; a love which, in order to be completed, must be told. — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026

The path to health involves aggressive treatment that eradicates the disease. — Pedro A. Rojas Arroyo, Boston Herald, 22 Jan. 2026

Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return. — Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025