eradication

noun

Definition of eradicationnext
1
as in elimination

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as in extermination

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Recent Examples of eradication The federal government’s announcement in 2000 on measles eradication was a major public health achievement, largely driven by vaccination campaigns and school vaccine requirements. — Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 So, your enjoyment of these shows, and continued support of these shows, is supporting my eradication. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn has long opposed the eradication, ever since a previous plan called for sharpshooters to take aim at the deer from helicopters. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Reeling from damage to the mollusk industry, the Italian government adopted a blue crab eradication program in 2024. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Asked why Project Survival’s Cat Haven doesn’t simply exterminate local rattlesnakes, Anderson explained that eradication is neither practical nor consistent with the sanctuary’s mission. — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 That’s why, to Hamid Jafari, director of polio eradication for the WHO and a former director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Global Health, infrastructure isn’t an abstract buzzword. — Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 In counties where hog eradication efforts were coordinated, however, the average claim for cornfield acres damaged from wildlife declined to 10 acres per policy. — Aaron Smith, The Conversation, 13 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eradication
  1. elimination
  2. extermination
  3. removal
  4. annihilation
  5. abolition
  6. destruction
  7. liquidation
  8. devastation
Noun
  • Those unfamiliar with Dennis might reasonably wonder why an employee of ESPN, the WNBA Finals rights holder, would celebrate the elimination of the league's biggest television draw.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Walt Weiss, in the minutes following a devastating loss to the Phillies on Wednesday at Truist Park, would not divulge a pitching plan for his Braves’ team Thursday in an elimination game against the Phillies.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of elimination
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  • California’s system of water law dates back to the Gold Rush, when the state government promoted the extermination of Native people to make way for white settlers.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • But hope is not lost in Shelley’s reworking of the bleak vision of postapocalypse as terminal and total extermination of life.
    — Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of extermination
Noun
  • Every artist supporting Sheeran on his Loop Tour withdrew from his stadium run following the removal of Macklemore.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The group even named the lambs Sammy, Sunny and Sooty, and posted a video of the removal.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • And yet, at the time, we were threatened with annihilation by three Arab armies that were about to invade us.
    — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The international cooperation that Kirchwey and Bernal called for was swallowed within months by the politics of the Cold War, which would end up bringing the world to the brink of annihilation more than once.
    — Richard Kreitner, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2026
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  • Kim, who co-founded the festival in 1996 and raised nearly the entire budget for its inaugural edition single-handedly, also secured the abolition of censorship for films screened at that first edition.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • These challenges have been made more difficult by policy choices, such as the abolition of tax-free shopping for international visitors.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of abolition
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  • Sixty-five percent of Gazans agreed that armed resistance had failed to protect Palestinians and had instead brought destruction.
    — Michael Robbins, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Look past the 1951 setting, however, and the movie's anti-war message about humanity being on a crash course to destruction has never lost its poignancy.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of destruction
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  • Momentum, leverage and crowding in the AI-buildout trade will not likely return to the extremes of June, which preceded the spectacular liquidation of the Situational Awareness hedge fund.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
  • By early March 2023, Puerto Rico’s Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions had informed Nodus that it would be placed into liquidation.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of liquidation
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  • By then, fire had ravaged the community; the report suggests that incident commanders were unaware of the devastation.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • How to Help Nepal’s Flood Victims Despite the devastation, there has been a beacon of hope.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of devastation

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“Eradication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eradication. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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