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eradication

[ ih-rad-i-key-shuhn ]

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noun

the complete removal, destruction, or erasure of something:
While I don't expect the eradication of poverty, I think that these social programs will have some positive impact.
Permanent eradication of an invasive species is time-consuming and often expensive.
the act or process of pulling or digging up a plant by the roots:
Two other cocaine-producing nations have avoided use of chemical herbicides on coca crops, preferring manual eradication instead.

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin ērādīcātiōn-, stem of ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcāre “to root out”; eradicate ( def )

Simply put, their eradication could have a major effect on the global span of life far beyond the marine habitat.

Is calling for the eradication of Israel—subtly or overtly—potentially injurious?

However both countries are committed to finishing the eradication.

Drum makes the case that intense spending on lead eradication is far more effective than on other pursuits.

The eradication campaign has inspired all sorts of paranoid theories, especially among less-educated Pakistanis.

Christianity nowhere enjoins the eradication of passions and appetites, but the control of them.

He remembered in that moment of crisis, the distressing propensity of his prisoner to the "eradication of garments."

“I hope you are not deeply agitated over the eradication of womanliness,” Madeline remonstrated.

That this vastly increases the difficulty of concerted action looking toward the eradication of crime, is apparent.

As "perfect love casteth out fear," so does the eradication of fear insure the wooing of perfect love.

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