eradication

C2 Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /ɪˌrædəˈkeɪʃən/ UK /ɪˌrædɪˈkeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #46403

Meanings

1

noun
the complete removal or destruction of a disease, problem, practice, or other harmful thing

Vaccination brought the country close to the eradication of polio.
2

noun
the act of pulling a plant up by its roots

Early eradication of the invasive weed prevented it from producing seeds.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the complete removal or... elimination extermination extirpation abolition

2 noun · the act of pulling a plant... uprootingrooting out

More removal

Opposites

preservation establishment perpetuation

Word family

Derived forms eradicationaleradicationism

Related forms eradicate root extirpation ineradicable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eradicatio, from eradicare ("to root out"), built from e- or ex- ("out") + radix, genitive radicis ("root"). The literal removal of a plant by its roots broadened into the complete elimination of diseases, practices, and persistent problems.

Topics

Cause, Change & Process

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# eradication

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪˌrædəˈkeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˌrædɪˈkeɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 46403

## Meanings
1. the complete removal or destruction of a disease, problem, practice, or other harmful thing
2. the act of pulling a plant up by its roots

## Examples
- Vaccination brought the country close to the eradication of polio.
- Early eradication of the invasive weed prevented it from producing seeds.

## Synonyms
- elimination
- extermination
- extirpation
- abolition
- removal

## Antonyms
- preservation
- establishment
- perpetuation

## Derived Forms
- eradicational
- eradicationism

## Related Forms
- eradicate
- root
- extirpation
- ineradicable

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin eradicatio, from eradicare ("to root out"), built from e- or ex- ("out") + radix, genitive radicis ("root"). The literal removal of a plant by its roots broadened into the complete elimination of diseases, practices, and persistent problems.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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