Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To shoot forth, as rays of light; radiate; beam.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Said of several types of capitulum that do not have petal-like florets.
  • verb To spread out light rays in all directions.

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Examples

  • We'll work with you to eradiate it are now once again pulling back and saying we can't trust you.

    CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2008 2008

  • "One of the things I admire most about Dr Singh is that I think at his core he is a man of peace, 'Obama said, adding," So my hope is, is that over time what we're going to see is further clarity and further cooperation between all the parties and all peoples of goodwill in the region to eradiate terrorist activity, to eradicate the kind of violent extremism that we have seen.

    rediff.com 2009

  • "One of the things I admire most about Dr Singh is that I think at his core he is a man of peace, 'Obama said, adding," So my hope is, is that over time what we're going to see is further clarity and further cooperation between all the parties and all peoples of goodwill in the region to eradiate terrorist activity, to eradicate the kind of violent extremism that we have seen.

    rediff.com 2009

  • He declared: "We have been hearing of poverty eradication, let me tell you that no government can eradiate poverty.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

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