ausradieren

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯s.raːˌdiː.rə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: aus‧ra‧die‧ren

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯sʁaˌdiːʁən/, [ˈʔaʊ̯s.ʁaˌdiː.ʁən], [-ˌdiː.ɐn], [-ˌdi(ː)ɐ̯n]

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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)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Ausradierung

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