Added 10 October 2026
eradication
noun
Latin root: ērādīcātiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about eradication at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The complete destruction of every trace of something.
Origin
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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