eradication

noun

Definition of eradicationnext
1
as in elimination

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2
as in extermination

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eradication
  1. elimination
  2. removal
  3. annihilation
  4. abolition
  5. destruction
  6. erasure
  7. mortality
Noun
  • Ayan has reacted to the eliminations on social media.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
  • This resulted in a total Israeli victory on all fronts and the virtual elimination of Hezbollah’s leadership in Lebanon.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of elimination
Noun
  • There is no discussing requests for removal from the consent calendar and no motion is required – simply the director’s request that the item be removed.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The president-elect has also indicated that his administration will prioritize the removal of migrants with criminal backgrounds.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of removal
Noun
  • Now the doomsday weapons had been, if not abolished, at least holstered, and the passage of time could mean progress, rather than a countdown to annihilation.
    Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • That’s $3,000 every second, or $173,000 a minute, funneled into tools of annihilation.
    Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of annihilation
Noun
  • But a man of Roy’s hyperfocus will ultimately zero in on the even-bigger prize — the abolition of the 22nd Amendment.
    Greg Marotta, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Americans joined for all kinds of purposes, from pursuing hobbies like music, to advocating such extremely controversial and divisive causes as temperance, peace, and the abolition of slavery.
    Johann Neem / Made by History, TIME, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of abolition
Noun
  • Teddy and Andy Leonard, owners of the Reel Inn, confirmed the destruction of their restaurant on Instagram, and stated that all of their restaurant staff were safe.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • People couldn't believe the destruction that happened in a manner of minutes.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of destruction
Noun
  • This scenario could be played for eerie tragedy: In the 1959 film On the Beach, Australians go about their ordinary lives while waiting for the fallout of a nuclear war to arrive and complete humanity’s erasure.
    Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The violence is here made metaphorical, the erasure of Black women invoked through the outlines of missing faces and hands.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of erasure
Noun
  • Sleep duration and risk of mortality from chronic kidney disease among Japanese adults.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Later on, Jackie, Phaedra, and Heavenly address the critical issue of Black maternal mortality in a moving speech.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of mortality
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