Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, past participle of ērādīcō (“uproot”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”). Also see: radish.
Pronunciation
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eradicate (third-person singular simple present eradicates, present participle eradicating, simple past and past participle eradicated)
- (transitive) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
- (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.
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to pull up by the roots
- Bulgarian: изкоренявам (bg) (izkorenjavam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 連根拔起／连根拔起 (liángēnbáqǐ)
- Dutch: ontwortelen (nl)
- Esperanto: elradikigi
- Estonian: juurima
- Finnish: juuria (fi)
- French: déraciner (fr)
- German: mit der Wurzel ausreißen
- Greek: ξεριζώνω (el) (xerizóno), εκριζώνω (el) (ekrizóno)
- Japanese: 根から抜く (ja) (ne kara nuku)
- Persian: ریشهکن کردن (riše-kan kardan)
- Polish: wykorzenić (pl)
- Portuguese: erradicar (pt), desenraizar
- Romanian: dezrădăcina (ro), eradica (ro)
- Russian: выкорчёвывать (ru) impf (vykorčóvyvatʹ), вы́корчевать (ru) pf (výkorčevatʹ), искореня́ть (ru) impf (iskorenjátʹ), искорени́ть (ru) pf (iskorenítʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: iskoreniti (sh)
- Spanish: erradicar (es), descuajar (es)
- Swedish: utrota (sv), tillintetgöra (sv), dra upp med rötterna
- Thai: ถอนราก (tŏn râak), ถอนรากถอนโคน (th) (tɔ̌ɔn-râak-tɔ̌ɔn-koon)
- Vietnamese: nhổ (vi) (roots = rễ)
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to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
- Azerbaijani: kökünü kəsmək
- Bulgarian: унищожавам (bg) (uništožavam)
- Catalan: erradicar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 根除 (zh) (gēnchú)
- Czech: vymýtit (cs)
- Dutch: met wortel en al uitroeien
- Esperanto: ekstermi (eo)
- Finnish: tuhota (fi), hävittää (fi)
- French: éradiquer (fr)
- German: ausrotten (de), ausmerzen (de), auslöschen (de), vernichten (de)
- Greek: αφανίζω (el) (afanízo), εξαλείφω (el) (exaleífo)
- Hebrew: חיסל (khisél)
- Japanese: 根絶する (ja) (konzetsu suru), 根刮ぎにする (ja) (nekosogi ni suru)
- Maori: haepapa, hoepapa, whakamōtī, urupatu
- Persian: از بین بردن (az beyn bordan), نابود کردن (nâbud kardan)
- Polish: wytępić (pl)
- Portuguese: erradicar (pt), exterminar (pt)
- Romanian: elimina (ro), stârpi (ro), extirpa (ro)
- Russian: уничтожа́ть (ru) impf (uničtožátʹ), уничто́жить (ru) pf (uničtóžitʹ), истребля́ть (ru) impf (istrebljátʹ), истреби́ть (ru) pf (istrebítʹ), пресекать на корню impf (presekatʹ na kornju), пресечь на корню pf (presečʹ na kornju)
- Spanish: exterminar (es)
- Swedish: utrota (sv), tillintetgöra (sv)
- Telugu: నిర్మూలించు (te) (nirmūliñcu)
- Thai: ถอนรากถอนโคน (th) (tɔ̌ɔn-râak-tɔ̌ɔn-koon), ทำลายให้สิ้น (tam laai hâi sîn)
- Turkish: eradike etmek, kökünü kurutmak
- Vietnamese: triệt hạ (vi), xóa sạch, trừ tiệt
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Further reading
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- “eradicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “eradicate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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