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eradication

[ih-rad-i-key-shuhn] / ɪˌræd ɪˈkeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
extermination
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A steering group was then formed and published a blueprint for eradication last year.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

He referred to a 10-point plan that Caribbean nations have put to European nations, including international debt cancellation, as well as support for healthcare and illiteracy eradication.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

Calling the eradication of extortion “one of the great challenges” facing Mexico, Sheinbaum pledged to bolster enforcement, stiffen penalties and increase safeguards for anyone receiving threats.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2025

Not by giving away free stuff, but by rolling up our sleeves and doing the hard and expensive work of drug discovery and disease eradication.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 23, 2025

One was the fire ant eradication program in the South; the other was the spraying for the Japanese beetle in the Midwest.

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

Campbell has been working on eradications in the Galápagos since 1997, including a 2006 campaign to remove all the feral goats and donkeys from Floreana.

From Scientific American Nov. 1, 2017

If eradications in general are hard, eradications on inhabited islands are really hard.

From Scientific American Nov. 1, 2017

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

History proves that persecution never triumphs in its attempted eradications.

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




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