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eradication

[ih-rad-i-key-shuhn] / ɪˌræd ɪˈkeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
extermination
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Prime Minister Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif later praised the military, pledging to "continue the war against terrorism until its complete eradication".

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

He said his home address and phone number had also been made public by critics because “I said it’s okay to be happy when a racist who called for your eradication dies.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

The eradication project employs more than 40 people and also uses specially-trained dogs to locate the animals.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025

Thus, there are few things Westerners take for granted more than reduced child mortality, reduced death in child birth and the eradication of history’s most brutal diseases like polio and smallpox.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

I wrote a reply to his comment: We live in a universe devoted to the creation, and eradication, of awareness.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green