Synonyms for eradication
erad·i·ca·tion

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1. eradication, obliterationnoun

   the complete destruction of every trace of something

   Synonyms:
   annihilation, obliteration

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1. • Destruction

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1. eradicationnoun

   Synonyms:
   extirpation, rooting out

2. eradicationnoun

   Synonyms:
   extermination, destruction, annihilation, excision

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1. eradicationnoun

   Synonyms:
   extirpation, extermination

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1. List of paraphrases for "eradication":

   elimination, eradicate, eradicating, eliminate, disposal, eliminating, removal, phase-out, extermination, grubbing-up, suppression

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1. Richard Feachem:

   For too long, malaria eradication has been a distant dream, but now we have evidence that malaria can and should be eradicated by 2050, we must ... challenge ourselves with ambitious targets and commit to the bold action needed to meet them.

2. Hamid Jafari:

   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.

3. Bill Hanage:

   We've only ever really eradicated smallpox and if it weren't for a couple of further interventions beyond vaccines, even that could still have been with us, most people who know anything about infectious disease don't think total eradication is possible.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   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.

5. Pedro Alonso:

   With the tools that we have today, it is most unlikely that eradication could be achieved, we need to focus on getting back on track.