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: 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

Interlingua

Etymology

Derived from English eradication, French éradication, Italian eradicazione, Spanish erradicación and Portuguese erradicação, all from Latin ērādīcātiō. Equivalent to eradicar +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ra.di.kaˈt͡sjon/, /-sjon/

Noun

eradication (plural eradicationes)

1. eradication

Further reading

• Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL