Synonyms of eradication

eradication

noun

1

as in elimination

Related Words

• elimination
• removal
• abolition
• liquidation
• erasure
• abolishment
• abrogation
• nullification
• avoidance
• abortion
• invalidation
• repeal
• annulment
• negation
• cancellation
• defeasance
• voiding
• abatement
• withdrawal
• dissolution
• quashing
• veto
• revocation
• suspension
• overruling
• rescindment
• override
• retraction
• recall
• prohibition
• banning
• reversal
• dismissal
• calling off
• outlawing
• overturn
• forbiddance
• enjoining
• rejection
• countermand
• disallowance

Dissimilar Words

• legislation
• enactment
• establishment
• institution
• founding
• validation
• legalization
• approval
• formalization
• ratification
• legitimation
• passing
• clearance
• authorization
• permission
• endorsement
• legitimization
• prescription
• ordering
• commandment
• sanctioning
• mandating
• decreeing

2

as in extermination

Related Words

• extermination
• annihilation
• destruction
• devastation
• mortality
• decimation
• genocide
• demolishing
• killing
• bloodshed
• murder
• pogrom
• execution
• slaying
• assassination
• manslaughter
• homicide
• slaughter
• massacre
• bloodletting
• carnage
• butchery
• foul play
• holocaust
• death
• bloodbath

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of eradication

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

The rollback of paraquat is the first significant pesticide eradication effort in California since around 2019. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 11 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

In the early 20th century, a massive national mosquito-eradication effort, which led to the CDC’s creation, ultimately expunged the disease from the country. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026

Some of its highest-profile work was partnering with the then-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (now just the Gates Foundation) and northern Nigerian state governments on campaigns focused on malnutrition and polio eradication in Nigeria. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Standard eradication methods — such as passive traps, genetic modification, species sterilization, and chemical insecticides — all carry limitations, environmental risks, or health hazards for humans and pets. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026

Due to worldwide bleaching events, coral is in dire need of human intervention to protect sensitive reefs from destruction and eradication. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026