Eradication in Malayalam

Eradication is ഉന്മൂലനം (unmoolanam), from moolam, a root, so the word literally means pulling something up by the roots. It is strong language, used about eradicating disease, poverty and corruption.

Most common translation

ഉന്മൂലനം (unmoolanam)

Uprooting, eradication, complete destruction.

കൊതുകുകളുടെ ഉന്മൂലനം എളുപ്പമല്ല.

kothukukalude unmoolanam eluppamalla.

The eradication of mosquitoes is not easy.

All Malayalam words for “eradication”

ഉന്മൂലനം (unmoolanam) is the general word, അയിത്തോച്ചാടനം (ayithochadanam) is specifically the eradication of untouchability as a social reform, and സമുദ്ധരണം (samuddharanam) mixes uprooting with upliftment and redemption.

Common questions

How do you say eradication in Malayalam?

ഉന്മൂലനം (unmoolanam), uprooting or complete eradication.

Is unmoolanam too strong for everyday use?

It is emphatic, which is why campaigns and headlines like it; a smaller clean-up is better described as removal.