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eradications

noun

plural of eradication
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as in removals

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as in exterminations

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  1. removals
  2. annihilations
  3. eliminations
  4. mortalities
  5. erasures
Noun
  • The rates of in-absentia removals for immigrants without lawyers in Baltimore, for example, has increased from 54% in January to 73% in June, according to the group Mobile Pathways, which analyzes immigration court data.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In July 2026, humanoid robots performed live laparoscopic gallbladder removals on a patient for the first time.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of removals
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  • The investigation described family annihilations as among the most extreme forms of domestic violence.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Definition of annihilations
Noun
  • Massachusetts voters rejected income tax eliminations in 2002 and 2008 that were initiated by citizens, not lawmakers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The episodes follow a Bachelor-like format with dates, drama and eliminations.
    — Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of eliminations
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  • Because the majority of deaths in remote or low-income countries occur at home rather than in a hospital, clinical or medical descriptions of the reasons for the mortalities also remain unknown.
    — Diane Cole, NPR, 29 May 2026
  • And, as Odell noted, the recruitment of additional wolves will be a key factor in establishing a viable population of gray wolves in Colorado — especially due to the mortalities that have already occurred there.
    — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 22 Jan. 2026
Definition of mortalities
Noun
  • That’s converting a loss into an erasure, and erasures are much cheaper to correct than silent errors.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Erroneous erasures In April, a Slack channel for moderators of the r/AskHistorians Reddit community was usually busy.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of erasures
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“Eradications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eradications. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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