eradication

CET-6 FREQ #47556

n. 连根拔除, 歼灭, 消灭, 根除, 使断根 [医] 根除, 扑灭, 消灭

词形变化

eradications 复数 eradications

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.

    根除

  2. 2.

    The state of being plucked up by the roots.

词汇关系

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obliteration

上位词 3

destruction demolition wipe out

词源

Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō + -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō. Equivalent to eradicate + -ion or e- (“without”) + radication.

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