eradicative C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪv/ UK /ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪv/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj tending or serving to eradicate or root out completely The campaign took an eradicative approach to the invasive weed. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · tending or serving to... exterminativedestructiveextirpativeannihilative ↔ Opposites preservativefostering Word family Related forms eradicateeradicationradicalradicle Etymology AI details From Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare 'to root out', from e- 'out' + radix (stem radic-) 'root', with the adjectival suffix -ive. eradicare Latin radix Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Plants & Agriculture Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # eradicative **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪv/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪˈrædɪkeɪtɪv/ ## Meanings 1. tending or serving to eradicate or root out completely ## Examples - The campaign took an eradicative approach to the invasive weed. ## Synonyms - exterminative - destructive - extirpative - annihilative ## Antonyms - preservative - fostering ## Related Forms - eradicate - eradication - radical - radicle ## Roots and Affixes - Root: eradicare - Root: radix ## Etymology From Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare 'to root out', from e- 'out' + radix (stem radic-) 'root', with the adjectival suffix -ive. ## AI Etymology Eradicative is from Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare 'to root out', from e- 'out' + radix (stem radic-) 'root', with the adjectival suffix -ive. Important recorded forms include eradicare (Latin) and radix (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers tending or serving to eradicate or root out completely. The wider family includes related words such as eradicate, eradication, radical, and radicle. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown