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eradicate

[ih-rad-i-kayt] / ɪˈræd ɪˌkeɪt /


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In a statement, Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the attack, expressed his sorrow over the deaths of the police and said "national determination to completely eradicate terrorism from the country is unwavering".

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

“This is the policy that, if it is implemented, will actually eradicate deputy gangs in the Sheriff’s Department,” he said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

He vowed to eradicate hunger and create a self-confident, caring, outward-looking nation.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

All to eradicate a supposed threat that he claimed he had “obliterated” a year earlier.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

The tiny robots are too small to see with the naked eye, but are capable of cooperating to eradicate any disease and to repair any damage done to the human body.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Network Rail said the new system "eradicates the failure mechanisms of the past by providing complete separation of bimetallic elements and using a copper contact wire which improves current collection" from overhead wires by trains.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

The immune system then recognizes and eradicates those spike proteins, thus learning how to defend against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2022

Johnson added, “It helps the drought but by no means eradicates the drought.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2022

This “Dune” almost completely eradicates the arid, meandering vision and miscues of David Lynch’s 1984 film adaptation.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 20, 2022

“We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear,” says Four.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

In 2000, measles was declared eradicated in the United States, thanks to vaccination.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

At the second they were able to remove it and send him on his way again with the wheel unencumbered, the steering issues he was suffering before that eradicated.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The New World screwworm, eradicated 60 years ago, has re-emerged in Texas cattle, threatening over $700 million in annual losses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

It’s also because after being eradicated in the United States in the 1960s, the flesh-eating screwworm is back: A few cases have emerged in Texas.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

A hundred times he had confronted black widows, and—BLAM!—always, unthinkingly, he had smashed them with his hand the way most men and women in Milagro eradicated the pests.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

"Thailand spent 15 years investing in alternative livelihood before starting eradicating," Ok Serei said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Completely eradicating the paper check, however, would be a steep psychological hill to climb.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

“The task of eradicating the soil and conditions that breed corruption is still arduous.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Nicola Sturgeon famously made eradicating the attainment gap her "top priority" back in 2016.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Virtually every southern state was infested with Aedes aegypti, these experts pointed out, but funds would run out before the job of eradicating the mosquitoes was half completed.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy


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