Eradicate and Protect

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Eradicate

Eradicate verb - To destroy all traces of.
Usage example: the successful effort to eradicate smallpox around the globe
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Protect is an antonym for eradicate.
Nearby Words: eradication, eradicating

Protect

Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
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Eradicate is an antonym for protect.
Nearby Words: protection, protected, protector, protective, protecting
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Common collocations

humanity eradicate humanity protect humanity
life eradicate life protect life
people eradicate people protect people
group eradicate group protect group
Other words: family, village, way, universe, earth, world, planet, anyone, everyone, humans, women.

Both words in one sentence

  • Not only do we need to recapture or eradicate the blight of Kronos and the other escaped prisoners of the Tytan — But from this moment on we must protect the natives as well.
    Source: Characters / Wayward Sons
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