How to Use eradicate in a Sentence
eradicate
verb
- The disease has now been completely eradicated.
- His ambition is to eradicate poverty in his community.
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To eradicate it at the source, remove the dirt around it.
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Michele Petry,
House Beautiful,
1 Mar. 2023
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The pigs pose a threat to native wildlife and may prove tough to eradicate.
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Tim Newcomb,
Popular Mechanics,
21 Feb. 2023
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In an attempt to eradicate AI, both sides see and feel the toll of war.
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WIRED,
30 Sep. 2023
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Smallpox has been eradicated from the face of the Earth.
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Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2024
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Keep those sink drains free of food particles and eradicate all the gross residue in and around the drain.
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Natalie Schumann,
Country Living,
21 Apr. 2020
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The owner is letting the state eradicate the nest and remove the tree.
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Nicholas K. Geranios,
chicagotribune.com,
23 Oct. 2020
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The increase of moisture still won't be enough to eradicate decades of drought.
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Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
5 Jan. 2023
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Much of the info available on this plant is on how to eradicate it from your lawn, but to me that’s crazy.
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Kenneth Setzer,
miamiherald,
6 July 2017
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What are the chances that Scheifele’s four-gamer will eradicate such predatory hits from the game?
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BostonGlobe.com,
5 June 2021
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Israel has vowed to secure the return of hostages and to eradicate Hamas.
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Robert Hart,
Forbes,
29 Feb. 2024
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The struggle to eradicate PFAS from the environment has ramped up in the past few years.
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Manasee Wagh,
Popular Mechanics,
23 Jan. 2023
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In years way past, this would be my call to write a nasty column about the need to eradicate the yellow plague.
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Jeff Lowenfels,
Anchorage Daily News,
9 June 2022
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But in some cases, the push to eradicate the Guinea worm helped foster peace.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2023
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The goal is to eradicate spoofed numbers from the telephone system.
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Brooke Crothers,
Fox News,
21 Sep. 2018
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The disease was thought to have been eradicated by around 2000.
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oregonlive,
10 Oct. 2019
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Its sweep is such that the lines between speech and song are eradicated.
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Ben Brantley,
New York Times,
27 June 2018
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Shine a light on it — acknowledge it — and eradicate it in your own heart.
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Kathryn Jean Lopez,
National Review,
23 Oct. 2017
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That said, Apple will eradicate the notch in the future.
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Chris Smith,
BGR,
26 Aug. 2021
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Is there a sense of catharsis or healing that comes for him as he’s proven right about the anthrax threat and works to eradicate it?
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Danielle Turchiano,
Variety,
24 Nov. 2021
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Letting the grass get to 3 or 4 inches can serve as a control, but won’t eradicate clover.
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Jeff Lowenfels,
Anchorage Daily News,
28 July 2021
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Samoa might seem like a simple place to eradicate a disease.
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Adam Taylor,
Washington Post,
7 July 2020
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There's no better way to eradicate the inevitable mess than with a sleek and lightweight dust-buster.
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Kelly Allen,
House Beautiful,
9 Mar. 2023
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But the island had to build hospitals and schools, and eradicate poverty.
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Ken Silverstein,
Forbes,
27 Apr. 2022
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Gable said the vaccine is safe and her bill is designed to help eradicate cervical cancer in the state.
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Greg Bishop,
Washington Examiner,
9 Mar. 2020
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But Feary said the state is still struggling to eradicate it completely.
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Devin Kelly,
Anchorage Daily News,
3 July 2018
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Instead of eradicating them, use them in salads and to season soups and stews.
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Sean Sherman,
Bon Appetit,
18 Oct. 2017
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The endless task of eradicating bias The AI field is divided on how to address bias.
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Szu Yu Chen,
Washington Post,
1 Nov. 2023
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But the mission to eradicate the invasive trees isn’t over.
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Morgan Krakow,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Aug. 2021
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