eradication

noun

Definition of eradicationnext
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as in elimination

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as in extermination

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Recent Examples of eradication The rollback of paraquat is the first significant pesticide eradication effort in California since around 2019. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Amid a decades-long eradication effort, the fly’s populations were wiped out from the US, Mexico, and Central America. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 In the early 20th century, a massive national mosquito-eradication effort, which led to the CDC’s creation, ultimately expunged the disease from the country. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026 Some of its highest-profile work was partnering with the then-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (now just the Gates Foundation) and northern Nigerian state governments on campaigns focused on malnutrition and polio eradication in Nigeria. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 July 2026 Standard eradication methods — such as passive traps, genetic modification, species sterilization, and chemical insecticides — all carry limitations, environmental risks, or health hazards for humans and pets. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026 Due to worldwide bleaching events, coral is in dire need of human intervention to protect sensitive reefs from destruction and eradication. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026 Culling groups of animals will not be used for general control and eradication of screwworm. — Sarah Tomlinson, The Conversation, 24 July 2026 The state agency prohibits keeping the South American species without a special permit for educational, research or eradication purposes, with limited exceptions for pet owners. — Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eradication
  1. elimination
  2. extermination
  3. removal
  4. annihilation
  5. abolition
  6. destruction
  7. liquidation
  8. devastation
Noun
  • The policy shift to the MR vaccine led to the elimination of regular measles transmission in Japan in 2015.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That’s due in part to the elimination of the SAVE plan, the most affordable loan payment option that enrolled more than 7 million borrowers.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of elimination
Noun
  • The extermination method should be both practical and humane.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • With her memory gradually coming back, Juliette now recalls a potential path toward neutralizing the threat of extermination.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of extermination
Noun
  • The work, depicting a judge in a wig striking a protester with a gavel, has cost Britain’s Ministry of Justice $67,000 in removal efforts so far, with another $48,000 spent on security and staff overtime while the work stayed up.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The narrow ruling did not determine whether Cook committed mortgage fraud or whether the allegations against her would provide sufficient legal cause for her removal.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of removal
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  • Daemon, with his Valyrian steel warhelm and taste for annihilation, is who Rhaenyra needs riding shotgun now that Team Green has established a crown-seeking triumvirate of sons.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The Secretary of Defense (now known as the Secretary of War) proposes a nuclear strike as a precautionary response, but the team decides that nuclear annihilation is scarcely preferable to a new pandemic.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of annihilation
Noun
  • Hong has walked back the abolition of the Senate, and told Politico last week that Thanksgiving is her favorite holiday.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Italian supreme court’s abolition of 2024 restrictions on citizenship by descent means American families who’d been torn apart by the new legislation can now be reunited.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of abolition
Noun
  • AccuWeather data from April showed Illinois already leading the nation in tornado, hail and high‑wind reports before the destruction last month.
    — Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, some vendors have sued the city to obtain public records related to the seizure and destruction of vendor equipment.
    — Da Lin, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of destruction
Noun
  • The liquidation of the hedge fund Situational Awareness after its leveraged AI-hardware positions unwound was exactly the sort of offering to the market gods that frequently puts in a market low.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Two North Texas Office Depot stores in Grapevine and Irving are holding liquidation sales with discounts ranging from 30% to 60% off.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of liquidation
Noun
  • The mall’s survival amid the community’s devastation was not without controversy given Caruso’s use of private firefighters to ward off the flames.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Security camera photos show the devastation caused by flooding in Metamora, Indiana, where numerous businesses were damaged after severe weather hit on Wednesday.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of devastation

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