eradicate

English

WOTD – 18 July 2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, past participle of ērādīcō (“uproot”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”). See also erase and radish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/

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Verb

eradicate (third-person singular simple present eradicates, present participle eradicating, simple past and past participle eradicated)

1. (transitive) To pull up by the roots.

   Synonyms: root up, uproot

   Antonym: radicate

2. (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.

   Synonyms: annihilate, eliminate, exterminate, extirpate; see also Thesaurus:destroy

   Antonyms: encourage, foster, introduce, protect, radicate

   Near-synonyms: delete, erase

   Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.

Related terms

• eradicable
• eradication
• eradicative
• ineradicable
• radical
• root

 

Translations

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)

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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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} يزيل

Further reading

• “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.

Anagrams

• acierated

Italian

Verb

eradicate

1. inflection of eradicare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

eradicate

1. feminine plural of eradicato

Latin

Verb

ērādīcāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ērādīcō