Eradication
noun
noun ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
- 2 the complete destruction of every trace of something wordnet
- 3 The state of being plucked up by the roots.
Example
More examples"Sweatshop labor, rainforest destruction, global warming, displacement of indigenous communities, air and water pollution, eradication of wildlife on farmland as “pests”, the violent overthrow of popularly elected governments to maintain puppet dictators compliant to big business interests, open-pit strip mining, oil drilling in environmentally sensitive areas, union busting, child slavery, and payoffs to repressive regimes are just some of the many impacts of the seemingly innocuous consumer products we consume every day."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō + -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō. Equivalent to eradicate + -ion or e- (“without”) + radication.