Synonyms for eradication
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Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
Related words
- Word family
- eradicate
Forms
- Plural
- eradications → destructions, annihilations, exterminations, eliminations…
Example sentences
- destruction They found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
- elimination Edmundo ordered the immediate elimination of Rima.
- annihilation Karl saved the world from nuclear annihilation.
- extermination Jews and Roma were the only two groups targeted for extermination by the Nazis.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| eradication | falling | |
| destruction | steady | |
| elimination | falling | |
| annihilation | steady | |
| extermination | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- excision3
- 9 letters
- abolition4
- 10 letters
- extinction3
- 11 letters
- destruction3, elimination5, extirpation
- 12 letters
- annihilation5, obliteration5
- 13 letters
- extermination5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excision3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- éradication
- Español
- erradicación