eradication

eradicate | American Dictionary

eradicate
verb[ T ]
us/ɪˈræd·əˌkeɪt/
to get rid of or destroy something completely:
A new vaccine eradicated polio.

Examples of eradicate

eradicate
This fact is of practical importance in terms of efforts to eradicate tsetse populations.
The question as to why governments do not eradicate all misdemeanors by imposing draconian penalties is yet to be resolved.
Undoubtedly some lawyers are trying to eradicate legalese in response to the siren voices of customer care, quality improvement and positive image.
Similarly, bureaucratic rationalism did not replace or eradicate the rent-seeking and corruption of the past.
Although some ballrooms encouraged jitterbugging with competitions and cash prizes, others tried to eradicate the dance.
The folk linguists' errors may thus seem nearly impossible to eradicate.
Theoretically, short-term tocolytic treatment could reduce uterine contractions while initiating factors are being eradicated.
The conclusion includes a prospective view and has remarks on inter-marriage and the pressing need to eradicate poverty and ageist discrimination through government legislation.
In the former, labour-market liberalization is reinforced by political repression to eradicate labour collectivism.
This chapter will not provide students with much useful information regarding the principles of epidemiology or the paradigms for controlling and eradicating parasitic diseases.
Information at the herd-level may be sufficient when one aims to eradicate disease from the herd.
Rather than eradicating the comparatively few survivors of myxomatosis, a rabbit population was allowed to reestablish itself.
Even if we could eradicate discrimination, we may not have ideal levels of assistance for those with impairments.
Yet we need to remind ourselves that ageism cannot be eradicated by non-ageist language alone.
The article suggested the strategy of living with the vine louse rather than wasting huge amounts in attempts to eradicate it.
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