ausradieren

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Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German ausradieren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯s.raːˌdiː.rə(n)/
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  • 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, unnumbered page.
      ‘Hij volgt een speciale tactiek; wij beschikken over geheime wapens waarmee wij onze vijanden tijdig zullen ausradieren.’
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  2. (transitive) to clear, to efface, to erase
    • 2016, Sietse van der Hoek, Alles klar. Nederland-Duitsland van A tot Z, Uitgeverij Balans, →ISBN:
      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

From aus (out) +‎ radieren (to rub, erase).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯sʁaˌdiːʁən/, , ,
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Verb

ausradieren (weak, third-person singular 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 destroy utterly (especially a city by means of bombing)

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