eradication
The act of plucking up by the rootsThe act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
» Maybe hope for a better tomorrow, as in the document "Transhuman Perfection: The Eradication of Disability Through Transhuman Technologies."
Meaning
2 sensesThe act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
Eradikation, Keimeliminierung
выкорчёвываниеvykorčóvyvanije, искорене́ниеiskorenénije
The state of being plucked up by the roots.
- the complete destruction of every trace of something
Examples
1 sentencesMaybe hope for a better tomorrow, as in the document "Transhuman Perfection: The Eradication of Disability Through Transhuman Technologies."
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō + -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ōBorrowed 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| Singular | eradication |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the complete destruction of every trace of something:obliteration