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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

根除

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gēnchú

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Eradicate/ɪˈræd.ɪ.keɪt/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们必须根除这种疾病。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To destroy completely; to put an end to something bad or negative.

    "The global health initiative aims to eradicate polio within the next decade."
  2. 2

    To pull or tear something up by the roots.

    "Gardeners worked for hours to eradicate the invasive weeds spreading across the lawn."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'eradicare', meaning 'to tear up by the roots', which is formed from 'e-' (out of) and 'radix' (root). Entering the English language in the 16th century, the term initially referred to uprooting plants physically before expanding metaphorically to the complete destruction or elimination of abstract evils, diseases, or problems.

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