eradication
noun
Forms eradications
- noun The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
- noun The state of being plucked up by the roots.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō + -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō. Equivalent to eradicate + -ion or e- (“without”) + radication.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
- noun The state of being plucked up by the roots.
Etymology [L. eradicatio: cf. F. éradication.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “eradication”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details