eradication

See also: éradication

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō +‎ -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō. Equivalent to eradicate +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

eradication (plural eradications)

1. The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting; 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 根除 (zh) (gēnchú)

• Finnish: juurinta, juuriminen, 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
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• 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