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ERADICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The complete destruction of every trace of something
Synonyms:
eradication; obliteration
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("eradication" is a kind of...):
demolition; destruction; wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
Derivation:
eradicate (destroy completely, as if down to the roots)
Context examples:
Removal, separation, detachment, extirpation, or eradication of a body part, pathway, or function by surgery, chemical destruction, morbid process, or noxious substance.
(Ablation Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
The Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania seeks the eradication of cancer through relentless progress in basic research, innovative translation of new knowledge through clinical trials, and state-of-the-art compassionate cancer care.
(Abramson Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
Removal, separation, detachment, extirpation, or eradication of a body part, pathway, or function by chemical means.
(Chemical Ablation, NCI Thesaurus)
This increased antipredator behaviour has been maintained on islands where invasive predators have been successfully eradicated, even though eradication happened eight and thirteen years earlier.
(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)
The work by Dr Kiyoko Gotanda, a zoologist at the University of Cambridge, is one of the first studies to look at behavioural adaptations in a species following the eradication of invasive predators.
(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)
