See also: éradication

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Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō +‎ -tiō, from ē- (out) + rādīx (root) + . Equivalent to eradicate +‎ -ion.

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eradication (plural eradications)

  1. The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting; extirpation; utter destruction.
  2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.

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