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eradicate vs eradicated

Both 'eradicate' and 'eradicated' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Eradicate' is the base form of the verb, used to express the action of completely destroying or eliminating something. 'Eradicated' is the past participle form of the verb, used to describe when something has already been completely destroyed or eliminated.

Last updated: March 31, 2024 • 711 views

eradicate

This is the base form of the verb 'eradicate', used to express the action of completely destroying or eliminating something.

Use 'eradicate' when you want to talk about the act of completely destroying or eliminating something.

Examples:

We must eradicate poverty from our society.
The government is determined to eradicate corruption in the country.

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Something prickly and hard to eradicate.
We shall continue our efforts to eradicate racial discrimination.
The eurozone went one step further, aiming through monetary unification to eradicate fully the transaction costs associated with national currencies and exchange-rate risk.
We also know that the EU has adopted many rules to eradicate dangerous substances.
Our aim is to assist the Member States to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease.
Thailand has implemented a rigorous stamping-out policy in order to eradicate highly pathogenic avian influenza from its territory.
Specific measures to limit losses and spillage and to eradicate adventitious cotton populations have been introduced.
Much remains to be done to eradicate the evil of human slavery.
The objective of the aid is to prevent and eradicate Tuberculosis in Bovine animals.
A system like hers could help eradicate world hunger.
OK, but the Romans wanted to eradicate Celts.
We're not going to eradicate violence, it isn't possible.
I heard that they want to eradicate Islam.
You must eradicate the source, Merlin.
To help eradicate hunger and poverty across the globe.
They tried to eradicate my culture.
Destroy the market for cellphones... and eradicate the competition.
This increase should mean that we have sufficient means to eradicate extreme poverty.
Is there a desire to eradicate the natural medicines sector?
We must fight fervently to eradicate the prejudice against these people.

Alternatives:

eliminate
exterminate
annihilate
eradication
wipe out

eradicated

This is the past participle form of the verb 'eradicate', used to describe when something has already been completely destroyed or eliminated.

Use 'eradicated' when you want to indicate that something has already been completely destroyed or eliminated.

Examples:

The disease has been eradicated from the region.
Poverty cannot be eradicated overnight.

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So, how we eradicated smallpox was - max vaccination wouldn't work.
The smallpox virus has not been eradicated.
Then we've successfully eradicated two more identities.
survey related to an existing or eradicated outbreak of a harmful organism;
And this document is the certificate that the global commission signed certifying the world to have eradicated the first disease in history.
Smallpox was eradicated worldwide in 1979.
Our software upgrades eradicated all glitches from previous versions.
I thought I'd eradicated it... forever.
Now future errors will be eradicated.
The smallpox virus was eradicated ages ago.
Sue, polio was all but eradicated in the 1950s.
It was eradicated by means of a slaughter policy without vaccination.
That's because your memory circuits are being eradicated by the feedback loop.
However, all these measures have not yet eradicated the scourge of BSE.
The Helsinki girls were eradicated in 24 hours.
Plagues must be understood, yes... but eventually eradicated.
A source of friction would have thus been eradicated.
And the illness must be eradicated by any means necessary.
A servant who does not wish to see its traditions eradicated.

Alternatives:

destroyed
eliminated
wiped out
eradication
exterminated

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