eradication

See also: éradication

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō +‎ -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō. Equivalent to eradicate +‎ -ion or e- (“without”) +‎ radication.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

eradication (plural eradications)

1. The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.

Antonyms

• radication

Derived terms

• eradicational
• eradicationism

Related terms

• eradicate

Translations

act of plucking up by the roots

Catalan: eradicació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 根除 (zh) (gēnchú) Finnish: juurinta, juuriminen (fi), kitkeminen (fi), kitkentä (fi), hävittäminen (fi) French: éradication (fr) f, déracinement (fr) m German: Eradikation (de) f, Keimeliminierung f Greek: εκρίζωση (el) f (ekrízosi), ξερίζωμα (el) n (xerízoma) Hebrew: השמדה f, חיסול m Hindi: उखाड़ना (hi) (ukhāṛnā), उन्मूलन (hi) m (unmūlan) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Interlingua: please add this translation if you can eradication Italian: eradicazione f, sradicamento (it) m Japanese: 根絶 (ja) (konzetsu), 根刮ぎ (ja) (nekosogi) Polish: wykorzenienie (pl) n Portuguese: erradicação (pt) f Russian: выкорчёвывание (ru) n (vykorčóvyvanije), искорене́ние (ru) n (iskorenénije) Spanish: erradicación f, desarraigo (es) m