éradicationcommon nounSyllable DecompositionéradicationEtymologyexpandFrom the Latin Christian eradicatio ("destruction").Definitions1. The action of uprooting or, by extension, definitively suppressing.agricultureexpand2. To definitively eliminate.by extensionmédecineexpandÉradication d'une tumeur.3. It also applies today to languages and cultures, particularly when they belong to minorities. We then speak of linguistic or cultural eradication.expand4. In the context of ethnic conflicts, eradication is synonymous with extermination or ethnic cleansing.expandSynonymanéantissementPluraléradicationsTranslationsenglish:eradicationitalian:eradicazioneSee alsoéradiquer (v.)