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eradication

[ih-rad-i-kay-shuhn] / ɪˌræd ɪˈkeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
extermination
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A judge tentatively rejected a request for a temporary halt to the eradication of all mule deer on Catalina Island.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

That includes the use of eradication drones, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

A steering group was then formed and published a blueprint for eradication last year.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

"The next phase of the country's development will be the eradication of extreme poverty. That is one of his priorities," said one of Wadagni's close associates.

From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026

Yet the program of sage eradication has been under way for a number of years.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

There have been successful local disease eradications, but they often came at a price.

From Nature ● Oct. 14, 2019

And whereas most rat eradications so far have targeted remote, uninhabited islands, the Galapagos is home to some 30,000 people and receives around 180,000 visitors each year.

From Nature ● May 15, 2013

Parks Canada's upcoming eradications mark the first time rodenticide will be aerially applied in a forested North American ecosystem.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 8, 2012

All together, if successful, these rat eradications would be the thin end of a wedge to make other rat-infested islands in the park, which currently total 16, rat-free.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 8, 2012

History proves that persecution never triumphs in its attempted eradications.

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings


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