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eradicable

eradicable

7.1
A thing people can completely remove, for example a disease or weed
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈrædɪkəbl/
translation icon : erradicable
  • Many scientists argue that malaria is eradicable through consistent use of insecticides and public health initiatives.

This wasn't a country formed in sin and in an eradicable sin.

Examples

  • There are no uprisings of the people except when they are wounded in their in-eradicable traditions and in their legitimate liberty of conscience.

    Academic text (1999)
  • In spite of the over-idealization of Mother Mary, many millions of mothers, especially poor mothers, still find in her the eradicable symbol of God's power.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Humanists who debunk greatness can trivialize evil with equal facility, supposing it to be transient rather than fundamental and therefore to be eradicable by their own grand promotion of ideological correctness.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The health department announced that the disease is eradicable with proper vaccination programs.

  • Experts believe that poverty is eradicable if we focus on education and community support.

Synonyms

extirpable
vseradicable
  • Formal
9.9

Able to be completely removed

focuses on complete removal or elimination rather than the act of destruction
exterminable
vseradicable
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8.9

Able to be completely destroyed or removed

emphasizes removal or elimination without stressing the way it is done
obliterable
vseradicable
9.9

Can disappear completely with no trace remaining

means removal or elimination but not always focused on leaving no trace
abolishable
vseradicable
6.7

Able to be removed or ended

covers general elimination rather than describing specific physical destruction
destroyable
vseradicable
5.1

A thing that people can break or damage so it stops working and is gone

describes removal in a broader sense, not only physical breakage
effaceable
vseradicable
9.3

Able to be removed or erased

means full removal or elimination rather than only surface erasure
extinguishable
vseradicable
6.7

Able to be put out, like a small fire with water

means complete removal or elimination rather than merely stopping or ending

Antonyms

650 3.2

Continuing for a long time and unlikely to change

1 8.8

Not possible to remove completely

How Eradicable

eradicable
7.1
ineradicable
1 8.8

Surface Forms

eradicable positive

Morphology

eradicable = eradicate (transparent) = eradicate + able

The adjective is a regular adjectival formation from the verb 'eradicate' meaning 'able to be eradicated', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Eradicable comes from Latin parts e- meaning 'out' and radic- meaning 'root', the same root you see in radical. Think of pulling a plant out by its roots; something eradicable can be completely removed like that.