How do you say “eradicate” in Vietnamese?

“Eradicate” in Vietnamese is nhổ (to spit), triệt hạ (to wipe out).

Vietnamese words for “eradicate”

• nhổListenverb
  Hanoi [ɲo˧˩] · Saigon [ɲow˨˩˦]nhổ dipping

  to spit; to spit out

  for “eradicate” meaning: To pull up by the roots.

• triệt hạListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕiət̚˧˨ʔ haː˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʈiək̚˨˩˨ haː˨˩˨]triệt heavy hạ heavy

  to wipe out; to knock out

  for “eradicate” meaning: To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.

Related Vietnamese words

• xoá sổListenverb

  to eradicate

• bài trừListenverb

  to abolish; to eradicate

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.