Meaning

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

    Eradikation, Keimeliminierung

    выкорчёвываниеvykorčóvyvanije, искорене́ниеiskorenénije

  2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.

More definitions
  • the complete destruction of every trace of something

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Maybe hope for a better tomorrow, as in the document "Transhuman Perfection: The Eradication of Disability Through Transhuman Technologies."

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
act of plucking up by the roots:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of plucking up by the roots:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō + -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō

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

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Forms

plural: eradications
Singulareradication
Pluraleradications

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the complete destruction of every trace of something:obliteration

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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