eradication

"I'm really hoping for total eradication of my cancer, as opposed to being put in remission and I'm feeling optimistic."

Thus, there are few things Westerners take for granted more than reduced child mortality, reduced death in child birth and the eradication of history’s most brutal diseases like polio and smallpox.

“Together, we ended smallpox, and together we have brought polio to the brink of eradication,” the statement said.

The measures ranged from hatching Chinook salmon to the eradication of invasive algae, and the study's authors said their findings offered a "ray of light" for those working to protect threatened animals and plants.

In his memoir, Government Gangsters, Patel called for an eradication of what he called "government tyranny" within the FBI by firing "the top ranks".