לדלג לתוכן הראשי

verb

eradicate

to destroy or remove something completely, as if pulling it up by the roots

In a sentence

Six example sentences with eradicate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Smallpox was the first disease humans managed to eradicate, with the last natural case recorded in 1977.

    Medicine

  • Volunteers hope to eradicate the invasive vine from the island, pulling up every root before it can seed again.

    Environment

  • The new release aims to eradicate the login bug entirely, not just patch the symptoms users have been reporting.

    Technology

  • The bank set a goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030, and the annual reports now track how far the target has slipped.

    Economics

  • The candidate promised to eradicate the backlog of permit applications, a pledge her predecessor had also made.

    Politics

  • Rinderpest was declared eradicated in 2011 after a century of vaccination campaigns across Africa and Asia.

    History

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