eradicated
Completely stamped out
Eradicated means completely destroyed or eliminated, as if pulled up by the roots.
Diseases are eradicated when no cases remain anywhere.
Pests, weeds, and social problems can be eradicated—though the word often overstates what's actually achieved: The program claims to have eradicated poverty in the region.
The past participle works as an adjective: an eradicated species.
Utterly and completely destroyed
- annihilatedCompletely destroyed, nothing remaining
- wiped outUtterly without remaining energy
- eliminatedRemoved from consideration
- exterminatedTotally destroyed, none remaining
destroyed · demolished · razed · vanquished · abolished · expunged · extirpated · uprooted
Deadly pustular viral infection
- polioParalytic viral infection
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
- measlesContagious viral rash illness
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
epidemic · pandemic · vaccination · immunization · quarantine · outbreak · endemic · contagion
Severe lack of resources
- illiteracyInability to read
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- slaveryOwnership of people
apartheid · discrimination · oppression · injustice · corruption · child labor · trafficking · famine
Finest taxonomic rank
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
wildlife · dodo · mammoth · passenger pigeon · Tasmanian tiger · great auk · quagga · endangered
One who eradicates vermin
- fumigationDisinfection via airborne chemicals
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- insecticideToxic agent targeting pests
- herbicideVegetation-destroying chemical
infestation · vermin · rodent · termite · invasive species · cull · trapping · poison
obliterated
Utterly and completely destroyed
- annihilatedCompletely destroyed, nothing remaining
- wiped outUtterly without remaining energy
- eliminatedRemoved from consideration
exterminated · destroyed · demolished · razed · vanquished · abolished · expunged · extirpated · uprooted · removed
smallpox
Deadly pustular viral infection
- polioParalytic viral infection
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
- measlesContagious viral rash illness
plague · epidemic · pandemic · vaccination · immunization · quarantine · outbreak · endemic · contagion · infection
poverty
Severe lack of resources
- illiteracyInability to read
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
slavery · apartheid · discrimination · oppression · injustice · corruption · child labor · trafficking · famine · homelessness
species
Finest taxonomic rank
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- biodiversityRange of life forms
conservation · wildlife · dodo · mammoth · passenger pigeon · Tasmanian tiger · great auk · quagga · endangered · die-off
exterminator
One who eradicates vermin
- fumigationDisinfection via airborne chemicals
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- insecticideToxic agent targeting pests
herbicide · infestation · vermin · rodent · termite · invasive species · cull · trapping · poison · bait
- extinctionmass extinction, dodo, extinct, extinction event, extinction rate
- heraldry termsrampant, couchant, dormant, salient, field
- destroyeddestroyed, demolished, annihilated, obliterated, decimated
- gonegone, absent, away, departed, missing
- killedkilled, murdered, slain, assassinated, executed
eradicatedpreserved
Kept from deterioration
protected · established · created · intact · flourishing
- disease eradicationPermanent global elimination of pathogens
- pest eradicationDestroying unwanted animal invaders
- smallpox eradicationComplete global destruction of variola
- global eradicationEnding something worldwide
eradicate, eradication, eradicating, eradicates, eradicator, eradicators, eradications