eradicate

Day 44Level 1

ih-RAD-i-keyt

pull up by roots

pull up by the roots

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

destroy, remove, extirpate

Antonyms:

fix, plant, establish

Example Sentence:

A team of medical scientists from North Carolina has claimed to develop a vaccine that would eradicate chicken pox.

Related Words

scraping by friction

uh-BRAY-zhuhn

damage to skin caused by scraping; scraping or wearing down by friction

abate

uh-ley

reduce something, usually a pain or a problem

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bih-WIL-der

to confuse or puzzle completely

make watertight

kawk

to make watertight or airtight by filling or sealing

conspire

kuh-NAHYVNG

scheming; conspire [connive (v)]

repentance

kuhn-TRISH-uhn

remorse; repentance