eradication

Example Sentences

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The argument over the restoration vs. eradication of canis lupus has raged here for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Then in spring this year, cameras set up as part of the rat eradication programme caught two puffins coming and going from a nesting burrow on the cliff ledges.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

Plan Colombia helped the economy and reduced violence overall, but it also displaced large numbers of people, and the drug eradication program was an environmental disaster.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

The word “eradication” still came easily from the Department’s mimeograph machines; this time the press releases were promising the eradication of the fire ant.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson