ausmerzen — meaning in English

English meaning

• eradicate verb To destroy or get rid of something completely, especially a disease or problem.
• extirpate verb To clear an area of roots and stumps.

Senses

ausmerzen is used for these senses in English:

• eradicate (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
• extirpate (transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate,
• stamp out (transitive) To get rid of totally; to eradicate.

extirpate — full definition

1. verb To clear an area of roots and stumps.
2. verb To pull up by the roots; uproot.
3. verb To destroy completely; to annihilate.
4. verb To cause a population to go extinct in a particular region, but not across the entire range of the species or subspecies.

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