Vocabulary
Eradicate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
destroy completely; put an end to.
Urdu meaning
جڑ سے اکھاڑنا،مٹانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The message to eradicate religious discrimination must come from the pulpit.
- Indeed, since the issue first reared its head in the mid-oughties, from`elimination`to nowre-emergence, the only surface-level consensus allowed to be debated is that Pakistan can`t afford to not eradicate terrorism.
- Foreign aid has failedto eradicate poverty, highlighting the limitations of externally funded relief without structural reforms.
- Rather than blaming each other, each state body, including the judiciary, must take an introspective approach and eradicate both inefficiency and corruption lurking within their own system.
- It knows that PM Modi is determined to destroy our armed forces, to eradicate Pakistan, and to ethnically cleanse 250 million Amit Shah`s `termites`.
Synonyms
get rid of, eliminate, do away with, remove, suppress; exterminate, destroy, annihilate
Antonyms
conserve, preserve, protect, save
Curator example
“this disease has been eradicated from the world”
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