eradicable

[ ih-rad-i-kuh-buh l ]
/ ɪˈræd ɪ kə bəl /

adjective

capable of being eradicated.

Origin of eradicable

1840–50; < Late Latin ērādīcābilis, equivalent to Latin ērādīc(āre) to eradicate + -ābilis -able

OTHER WORDS FROM eradicable

e·rad·i·ca·bly, adverb non·e·rad·i·ca·ble, adjective un·e·rad·i·ca·ble, adjective

Words nearby eradicable

equuleus, er, er rif, era, eradiate, eradicable, eradicate, erase, eraser, erasing head, erasion

Example sentences from the Web for eradicable

  • Disease had been communicated several years before, of a kind which was much more communicable then, than it was eradicable now.

    Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders |William A. Alcott

  • He loved, and the transient doubt which had saddened his thoughts could not struggle against a thought which was now eradicable.

    Last of the Incas |Gustave Aimard