eradication

noun

erad·​i·​ca·​tion

plural -s

: the act or process of eradicating

the eradication of weeds

the eradication of opposition groups

the eradication of white pine blister rust depends on destruction of the intermediate host

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin eradication-, eradicatio, from Latin eradicatus + -ion-, -io -ion

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Rhymes for eradication

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration