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eradication

noun as in extermination

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Possums are the initial target for eradication here.

The conservancy “should be attempting every possible alternative before resorting to their eradication,” Hahn said, pointing to expanded hunting seasons, relocation and sterilization.

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I do, I say, relating to the song’s sense of dread and eradication.

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He said his home address and phone number had also been made public by critics because “I said it’s okay to be happy when a racist who called for your eradication dies.”

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"Its eradication requires a wider societal response in parallel with a policing one and publication of this action plan is an important step."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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