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• /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/
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PIE word *wréh2ds From Middle English eradicaten (“to eradicate”), from eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, the perfect passive participle of ērādīcō (“to uproot, root out; to anihilate, eradicate”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also radish.

From Middle English eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten), used up until Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изкоренявам (izkorenjavam) — to pull up by the roots
• Catalan: eradicar — to pull up by the roots
• Chinese Mandarin: 連根拔起 /连根拔起 (liángēnbáqǐ) — to pull up by the roots
• Dutch: ontwortelen — to pull up by the roots
• Esperanto: elradikigi — to pull up by the roots
• Estonian: juurima — to pull up by the roots
• Finnish: juuria — to pull up by the roots
• French: déraciner — to pull up by the roots
• German: mit der Wurzel ausreißen — to pull up by the roots
• Greek: ξεριζώνω (xerizóno) — to pull up by the roots
• Greek: εκριζώνω (ekrizóno) — to pull up by the roots
• Hindi: उखाड़ना (ukhāṛnā) — to pull up by the roots
• Italian: eradicare — to pull up by the roots
• Italian: sradicare — to pull up by the roots
• Japanese: 根から抜く (ne kara nuku) — to pull up by the roots
• Persian: ریشهکن کردن (riše-kan kardan) — to pull up by the roots
• Polish: wykorzenić — to pull up by the roots
• Portuguese: erradicar — to pull up by the roots
• Portuguese: desenraizar — to pull up by the roots
• Romanian: dezrădăcina — to pull up by the roots
• Romanian: eradica — to pull up by the roots
• Russian: выкорчёвывать (vykorčóvyvatʹ) — to pull up by the roots
• Russian: вы́корчевать (výkorčevatʹ) — to pull up by the roots
• Russian: искореня́ть (iskorenjátʹ) — to pull up by the roots
• Russian: искорени́ть (iskorenítʹ) — to pull up by the roots
• Serbo-Croatian: iskoreniti — to pull up by the roots
• Spanish: erradicar — to pull up by the roots
• Spanish: descuajar — to pull up by the roots
• Swedish: utrota — to pull up by the roots
• Swedish: tillintetgöra — to pull up by the roots
• Swedish: dra upp med rötterna — to pull up by the roots
• Thai: ถอนราก (tŏn râak) — to pull up by the roots
• Thai: ถอนรากถอนโคน (tɔ̌ɔn-râak-tɔ̌ɔn-koon) — to pull up by the roots
• Vietnamese: nhổ — to pull up by the roots
• Azerbaijani: kökünü kəsmək — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Bulgarian: унищожавам (uništožavam) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Catalan: erradicar — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Chinese Mandarin: 根除 (gēnchú) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Czech: vymýtit — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Dutch: met wortel en al uitroeien — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Esperanto: ekstermi — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Finnish: tuhota — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Finnish: hävittää — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• French: éradiquer — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• German: ausrotten — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• German: ausmerzen — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• German: auslöschen — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• German: vernichten — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Greek: αφανίζω (afanízo) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Greek: εξαλείφω (exaleífo) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Hebrew: חיסל (khisél) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Hindi: उन्मूलन (unmūlan) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Italian: sradicare — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Japanese: 根絶する (konzetsu suru) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Japanese: 根刮ぎにする (nekosogi ni suru) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Kazakh: тамырына балта шабу (tamyryna balta şabu) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Kazakh: түп-тамырымен жұлу (tüp-tamyrymen jūlu) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Māori: haepapa — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Māori: hoepapa — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Māori: whakamōtī — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Māori: urupatu — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Persian: از بین بردن (az beyn bordan) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Persian: نابود کردن (nâbud kardan) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Polish: wytępić — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Portuguese: erradicar — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Portuguese: exterminar — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Romanian: elimina — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Romanian: stârpi — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Romanian: extirpa — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Russian: уничтожа́ть (uničtožátʹ) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Russian: уничто́жить (uničtóžitʹ) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Russian: истребля́ть (istrebljátʹ) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Russian: истреби́ть (istrebítʹ) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Russian: пресекать на корню (presekatʹ na kornju) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Russian: пресечь на корню (presečʹ na kornju) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Swedish: utrota — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Swedish: tillintetgöra — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Telugu: నిర్మూలించు (nirmūliñcu) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Thai: ถอนรากถอนโคน (tɔ̌ɔn-râak-tɔ̌ɔn-koon) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Thai: ทําลายให้สิ้น (tam laai hâi sîn) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Turkish: eradike etmek — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Turkish: kökünü kurutmak — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Ottoman Turkish: افنا ایتمك (ifna etmek) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Ottoman Turkish: قازیمق (kazımak) — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Vietnamese: triệt hạ — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Vietnamese: xóa sạch — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically
• Vietnamese: trừ tiệt — to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically