English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō + -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō. Equivalent to eradicate + -ion or e- (“without”) + radication.
Pronunciation
Noun
eradication (plural eradications)
- The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
- The state of being plucked up by the roots.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
act of plucking up by the roots
- 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
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