eradicate

English

WOTD – 18 July 2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, past participle of ērādīcō (“uproot”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”). Also see: 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; to uproot.
2. (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.

   Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.

Synonyms

• (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot
• (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Antonyms

• radicate

Related terms

• eradicable
• eradication
• eradicative
• radical
• root

Translations

to pull up by the roots

• Bulgarian: изкоренявам (bg) (izkorenjavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 連根拔起

• Dutch: ontwortelen (nl)
• Esperanto: elradikigi (eo)
• Estonian: juurima
• Finnish: juuria (fi)
• 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)

• 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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} يزيل‎

Further reading

• eradicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• eradicate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• acierated

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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

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Latin

Verb

ērādīcāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ērādīcō