eradicative

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English

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Etymology

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eradicate +‎ -ive

Adjective

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eradicative (not comparable)

  1. Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
    eradicative measures against smallpox

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Noun

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eradicative (plural eradicatives)

  1. (rare) That which eradicates.