Eradicate
Eradicate verb - To destroy all traces of.
Stop and eradicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Eradicate".
Nearby Words: eradication, eradicating
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- And it doesnt stop the Taysans blowing up the whole planet in the end to eradicate the species.
Source: Literature / Spaceforce -
Genocide Dilemma: "Butterfly" and "Midnight" deal with the idea of trying to eradicate the Iconians to stop the war.
Source: Video Game / Star Trek Online - When they find out near the end that Mega Man Juno's plan is to eradicate all life on the island, they drop everything to help put a stop to it.
Source: Affably Evil / Video Games
Cite this Source
Stop and Eradicate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/eradicate/stop
Eradicate & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/eradicate/stop>.
Stop or Eradicate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/eradicate/stop.
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