eradicate

Example Sentences

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“And, at the same time, to eradicate this crime. There should be no more disappeared in Mexico.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The plan is part of the mayor's strategy to eradicate death and serious injury from London's roads by 2041.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The WHO helped eradicate smallpox, established a framework that led to a dramatic worldwide reduction in tobacco use and helped control numerous pandemics, from Ebola to mpox to Zika.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Bono, 65, is well-known for his activism to eradicate poverty and fight AIDS, and has been outspoken against wars in Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza in recent years.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

He is silent for so long, in fact, that I think he is going to eradicate me where I stand, with lightning vision or something terrifyingly cool.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer