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erad·i·ca·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
eradication, obliterationnoun
the complete destruction of every trace of something
Wiktionary
eradicationnoun
The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
eradicationnoun
The state of being plucked up by the roots.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Eradicationnoun
Etymology: from eradicate.
They affirm the roots of mandrakes give a shriek upon eradication, which is false below confutation. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Err.
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eradication
Eradication refers to the act of completely eliminating or destroying something, often referring to harmful or undesirable conditions, organisms, or circumstances. It represents the highest measure of disease control, aiming at permanently reducing to zero the worldwide occurrence of an infection or disease.
Webster Dictionary
Eradicationnoun
the act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction
Eradicationnoun
the state of being plucked up by the roots
Etymology: [L. eradicatio: cf. F. radication.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of eradication in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of eradication in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of eradication in a Sentence
When I talk about the pandemic I put it into five phases. The truly pandemic phase where the whole world is really very negatively impacted – as we are right now. Then there's the deceleration of the pandemic. Then there's control. There's elimination and eradication.
We've got to teach history based not on what's in fashion but what's important. If we forget what we did, we won't know who we are. I'm warning of an eradication of the American memory that could result, ultimately, in an erosion of the American spirit.
We need at least three years of no wild polio virus circulation and good surveillance for the Global Commission (for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication) to certify eradication of wild polio virus, we haven’t seen type 3 wildtype in over three years. Hopefully very soon we will stop seeing wildtype type 1.
The impact, potentially, of this decision will be quite significant on areas such as polio eradication.
We do not know that and I think we have to be openly honest about that, when I talk about the pandemic I put it into five phases. The truly pandemic phase where the whole world is really very negatively impacted – as we are right now. Then there's the deceleration of the pandemic. Then there's control. There's elimination and eradication.
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