as in erases
to destroy all traces of
the successful effort to eradicate smallpox around the globe
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Recent Examples of eradicates
But that also eradicates a crucial option - to mount a show trial and scapegoat him for all the ills of his rule, thus absolving others.
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Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally.
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Dr. Patricia Richard,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
This method completely eradicates weeds on contact without any toxic chemicals.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
These four novels create a convincing, wrenching, kaleidoscopic picture of the range and repetitions of the most fatal kind of love; the sort of love that allows nothing else to grow around it, that eradicates all dignity; a love which, in order to be completed, must be told.
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Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
The path to health involves aggressive treatment that eradicates the disease.
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Pedro A. Rojas Arroyo,
Boston Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return.
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Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
1 Sep. 2025
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally.
—
Dr. Patricia Richard,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
This method completely eradicates weeds on contact without any toxic chemicals.
—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
These four novels create a convincing, wrenching, kaleidoscopic picture of the range and repetitions of the most fatal kind of love; the sort of love that allows nothing else to grow around it, that eradicates all dignity; a love which, in order to be completed, must be told.
—
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
The path to health involves aggressive treatment that eradicates the disease.
—
Pedro A. Rojas Arroyo,
Boston Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return.
—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eradicates
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Windows automatically erases them after 72 hours to prevent them from using too much disk space.
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The whole thing with Pullman porters is they weren’t called by their names, they were all called George, so that erases your identity.
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.
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The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.
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What starts as a series that aims to subvert the heist genre at every turn – amped with thrilling life-or-death stakes, family dynamics, and explosive action – gives birth to an exploration of what drives us, sustains us, and ultimately destroys us.
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Arrrives, destroys Femi and hands Main Event Jey the crown.
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