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Eradication Pronunciation
Eradication is pronounced i-ra-duh-KAY-shuhn, IPA /ɪˌrædəˈkeɪʃən/.
i-ra-duh-KAY-shuhn
US /ɪˌrædəˈkeɪʃən/ · UK /ɪˌrædɪˈkeɪʃən/
Syllables: i · ra · duh · KAY · shuhn (5 syllables, stress on syllable 4)
noun: The complete removal or destruction of something, such as a disease or a weed.
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Eradication in a Sentence
- The eradication of smallpox took ten years.
- Eradication of the weed proved impossible.
- They set a date for eradication of the debt.
Common Mispronunciations of Eradication
Not i-RA-duh-kay-shuhn
KAY takes the volume, fourth of the five beats, and the ra behind the opening gets only a light lift.
Not e-ray-duh-KAY-shuhn
That second beat is the flat a of rad, with no long ay before the pushed block.
Tip: Radix is the Latin for root, so to eradicate is literally to pull a thing out by the roots.
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