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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieserradicar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-rra-di-car
"O objetivo é erradicar o analfabetismo."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To destroy completely; to put an end to something bad or negative.
"The global health initiative aims to eradicate polio within the next decade." - 2
To pull or tear something up by the roots.
"Gardeners worked for hours to eradicate the invasive weeds spreading across the lawn."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb 'eradicare', meaning 'to tear up by the roots', composed of the prefix 'ex-' (out) and 'radix' (root). Entering the English language in the 16th century, the term initially retained its literal botanical sense of pulling plants out by the roots before shifting metaphorically to the complete destruction or elimination of abstract concepts, diseases, or pests.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Eradicate" is said worldwide
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éradiquer
Transliteration: e-ra-di-ke
"Il faut éradiquer cette maladie."
ausrotten
Transliteration: aus-rot-ten
"Wir müssen Armut ausrotten."
eradicare
Transliteration: e-ra-di-ka-re
"Dobbiamo eradicare la corruzione."
erradicar
Transliteration: e-rra-di-car
"El gobierno busca erradicar el hambre."
erradicar
Transliteration: e-rra-di-car
"O objetivo é erradicar o analfabetismo."
उन्मूलित करना
Transliteration: unmoolit karna
"हमें समाज से गरीबी को उन्मूलित करना चाहिए।"
根除
Transliteration: gēnchú
"我们必须根除这种疾病。"
근절하다
Transliteration: geunjeol-hada
"우리는 부정을 근절해야 한다."
根絶する
Transliteration: konzetsu suru
"病気を根絶する努力が必要だ。"
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