avutrota

Swedish

Etymology

av (“cease; de-”) +‎ utrota (“eradicate”)

Verb

avutrota (present avutrotar, preterite avutrotade, supine avutrotat, imperative avutrota)

1. to make de-extinct; to bring back an eradicated species

   Antonym: utrota

   • 2022 March 16, Ania Obminska, “Här är djuren som kan väckas till liv – med gensaxen Crispr”, in Ny teknik‎^[1]:

     Forskare tittar på att avutrota pungdjur och råttor.

     Researchers are looking at de-eradicating marsupials and rats.

Conjugation

Conjugation of avutrota (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	avutrota		avutrotas
Supine	avutrotat		avutrotats
Imperative	avutrota		—
Imper. plural1	avutroten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	avutrotar	avutrotade	avutrotas	avutrotades
Ind. plural1	avutrota	avutrotade	avutrotas	avutrotades
Subjunctive2	avutrote	avutrotade	avutrotes	avutrotades
	Participles
Present participle	avutrotande
Past participle	avutrotad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• (adjective): avutrotad (“de-eradicated”)

Further reading

• avutrota in Svensk ordbok.