as in eradicating
to destroy all traces of
the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases
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Global health officials are aiming to replicate the success of eradicating smallpox, which in 1980 became the first disease to be eliminated through human efforts.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025 -
These materials conform precisely to the shape of your unique foot, eradicating extra space in your boots.—
Sergei Poljak,
Outside,
16 Nov. 2025
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Its stock has experienced declines exceeding 30% within a period of under two months on three separate occasions in recent years, resulting in the loss of billions in market capitalization, and erasing significant gains in a single correction.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Two days later, at an outdoor rally, he was asked to commit to abolishing the police department.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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The mayor and Tisch have different stances on several public safety issues, including keeping police headcount flat, abolishing the department’s controversial Strategic Response Group and eliminating the NYPD’s gang database.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026
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The court also convicted Han of falsifying the martial law proclamation and destroying it and lying under oath.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
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Where, in the springtime, sudden storms send tornadoes tearing through towns, destroying everything in their wake.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Extirpating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extirpating. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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