根絶

こんぜつ
eradication

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こんぜつ【根絶】

extinction

〖U〗《正式》(種族・家系などの)根絶

extermination

〖U〗絶滅， 駆除.

◇ → 根絶する

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こんぜつ【根絶】

extermination; eradication; extirpation; stamping [wiping] out.

～する eradicate; exterminate; obliterate; annihilate; root up [out]; uproot; stamp [wipe] out; kill off; destroy; get rid of…; do away with…; annihilate; 《文》 extirpate.

●麻薬犯罪を根絶する stamp out [get rid of] drug-related crimes completely

・根絶し得る eradicable 《evils》; exterminable; destructible; possible to get rid of [do away with]

・これら積年の弊風はなかなか根絶できないものだ. These long-standing evil practices are very hard to eradicate. | It is very hard to get rid of bad habits which have been in existence so long.