ausradieren

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German ausradieren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯s.raːˌdiː.rə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: aus‧ra‧die‧ren

Verb

ausradieren

  1. (transitive) to eradicate, to exterminate
    • 2012, Jaap Harten, De getatoeëerde Lorelei, De Bezige Bij (digital edition, 1st edition from 1968), ISBN 9023471571, unnumbered page.
      ‘Hij volgt een speciale tactiek; wij beschikken over geheime wapens waarmee wij onze vijanden tijdig zullen ausradieren.’
  2. (transitive) to clear, to efface, to erase
    • 2016, Sietse van der Hoek, Alles klar. Nederland-Duitsland van A tot Z, Uitgeverij Balans, ISBN 9460031269.
      De ausradierte, tweehonderd meter brede kuststrook kwam vol te staan met bunkers, kazematten, geschutstellingen.
      The cleared coastal strip that was two hundred metres wide was built up with bunkers, casemates, artillery batteries.

German

Etymology

aus + radieren

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯sʁaˌdiːʁən/, [ˈaʊ̯sʁaˌdiːʁən], [ˈaʊ̯sʁaˌdiː.ɐn]

Verb

ausradieren (third-person singular simple present radiert aus, past tense radierte aus, past participle ausradiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to rub out (remove with a rubber)
  2. (transitive, military) to eradicate; to utterly destroy (a city, by means of bombing)

Conjugation

Further reading

ausradieren in Duden online

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