eradicate

Example Sentences

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“And, at the same time, to eradicate this crime. There should be no more disappeared in Mexico.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

“Our vision is ultimately to be in every school in the nation and to eradicate mass shootings,” Marston said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Boateng isn't surprised, and thinks the music "has the power to transform, to kind of eradicate everything that a person is going through".

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

The WHO helped eradicate smallpox, established a framework that led to a dramatic worldwide reduction in tobacco use and helped control numerous pandemics, from Ebola to mpox to Zika.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Phony rules, which proliferate like urban legends and are just as hard to eradicate, are responsible for vast amounts of ham-fisted copyediting and smarty-pants one-upmanship.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker