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The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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The state of being plucked up by the roots.
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the complete destruction of every trace of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: obliteration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: destruction, demolition, wipeout
Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō + -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō. Equivalent to eradicate + -ion or e- (“without”) + radication.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
eradicació
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Chinese Mandarin:
根除
(gēnchú)
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Finnish:
juurinta
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Finnish:
juuriminen
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Finnish:
kitkeminen
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Finnish:
kitkentä
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Finnish:
hävittäminen
— act of plucking up by the roots
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French:
éradication
— act of plucking up by the roots
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French:
déracinement
— act of plucking up by the roots
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German:
Eradikation
— act of plucking up by the roots
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German:
Keimeliminierung
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Greek:
εκρίζωση
(ekrízosi)
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Greek:
ξερίζωμα
(xerízoma)
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Hebrew:
השמדה
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Hebrew:
חיסול
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Hindi:
उखाड़ना
(ukhāṛnā)
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Hindi:
उन्मूलन
(unmūlan)
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Interlingua:
eradication
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Italian:
eradicazione
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Italian:
sradicamento
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Japanese:
根絶
(konzetsu)
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Japanese:
根刮ぎ
(nekosogi)
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Polish:
wykorzenienie
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Portuguese:
erradicação
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Russian:
выкорчёвывание
(vykorčóvyvanije)
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Russian:
искорене́ние
(iskorenénije)
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Spanish:
erradicación
— act of plucking up by the roots
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Spanish:
desarraigo
— act of plucking up by the roots