ERADICATION Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

eradication

noun

Definition of eradication

as in elimination

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as in extermination

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Recent Examples of eradication 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eradication

Noun

Miami looks to avenge last month’s 4-1 loss at Nashville and elimination from the Concacaf Champions Cup by Nashville earlier this year.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Fat Bear Week is a single-elimination tournament, where bear enthusiasts from around the world can vote online for their favorite chunky bear.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of elimination

Noun

The ongoing tempest includes Camille Sims (Alexandria Riley) having to prevent a Safeguard extermination as the new Head of IT this year, and the revelation of ex-security chief Robert Sims (Common) regarding Bernard (Tim Robbins).

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Decreasing habitat, poaching, and extermination are some of the reasons why cheetahs are endangered.

— Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of extermination

Noun

Recent construction in Folsom has also contributed to the rise, said Molieri, who founded Snakeout, a removal service.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
If the Interior Department determines the animals have met recovery goals, the administration will also work with states to encourage them to remove state-level protections and revise standards governing lethal wolf removal.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of removal

Noun

Our selves can shatter without the relief of annihilation, leaving fragments that remain recognizably ours but can no longer make a whole.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
In any event, there’s difficult-to-imitate value in how Planet of the Apes begins as a simple adventure film and winds up touching upon issues of prejudice, social inequality, and nuclear annihilation.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of annihilation

Noun

At that time, his eldest daughter, Maria Adelaide, ascended to the throne—a succession made possible by the abolition of the Salic Law, which had restricted the line of succession to males only.

— Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Long after the abolition of slavery, many white southerners, including my father, who was born into the first breaths of the civil-rights movement, were still raised by Black nannies.

— Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of abolition

Noun

While images of destruction flooded social media, 68-year-old Chris White, a lifelong resident of Kauai and the owner of a rental home in Poipu, noted that much of the island was spared significant damage.

— GENE JOHNSON, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
Palestinians possess no natural gift for grief and there is nothing beautiful about enduring destruction and death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of destruction

Noun

But two years later, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment failed and was placed into Chapter 7 liquidation.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
But there is something else tied to his Jewish heritage that keeps things in perspective — the struggles his grandmother went through escaping liquidation at the hand of the Nazis in her Polish hometown.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of liquidation

Noun

Once there, staring at the devastation, there was no denying the reality of death.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026
That moment came after floodwaters caused the Guadalupe River to rise to historic levels in the early morning hours of Independence Day, bringing death and devastation to Kerr County and the surrounding area.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of devastation

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