- ausrotten
- v/t (trennb., hat -ge-) (Unkraut) pull up; (Tierart, Volk) wipe out, eradicate, exterminate (auch fig.); fig. auch root (oder stamp) out; alte Vorurteile ausrotten uproot old prejudices* * *to wipe out; to exterminate; to eradicate; to kill off; to extirpate* * *aus|rot|ten ['ausrɔtn]vt septo wipe out; Wanzen etc to destroy; Religion, Ideen to stamp out, to eradicate* * *1) (to get rid of completely: Smallpox has almost been eradicated.) eradicate2) (to get rid of or destroy completely: Rats must be exterminated from a building or they will cause disease.) exterminate3) (to destroy completely: So many deer have been shot that the species has almost been killed off.) kill off4) (to get rid of completely: We must do our best to root out poverty.) root out* * *aus|rot·tenvt▪ etw \ausrotten to exterminate sb/sthTermiten \ausrotten to destroy termitesUnkraut \ausrotten to wipe out sep weedsein Volk \ausrotten to exterminate [or sep wipe out] a peopleIdeen/Religion \ausrotten to eradicate form [or sep stamp out] ideas/a religion* * *transitives Verb eradicate <weeds, vermin, etc.>; (fig.) wipe out <family, enemy, species, etc.>; eradicate, stamp out <superstition, idea, evil, etc.>* * *ausrotten v/t (trennb, hat -ge-) (Unkraut) pull up; (Tierart, Volk) wipe out, eradicate, exterminate (auch fig); fig auch root (oder stamp) out;alte Vorurteile ausrotten uproot old prejudices* * *transitives Verb eradicate <weeds, vermin, etc.>; (fig.) wipe out <family, enemy, species, etc.>; eradicate, stamp out <superstition, idea, evil, etc.>* * *v.to eradicate v.to exterminate v.to extirpate v.to stamp out v.to wipe out v.
Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch. 2013.