total removal of a species from a particular area. May refer to pathogens or insect pests or to unwanted plants.
eradication (Wikipedia)
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The word "Eradication" is derived from Latin word "radix" which means "root". It may refer to:
- Genocide, the deliberate, systematic destruction of an ethnic, religious or national group of people
- Eradication of infectious diseases, the reduction of the global prevalence of an infectious disease in its human or animal host(s) to zero
- Intentional local extinction, or extirpation, of an introduced species
- Intentional extermination of a population of insects or vermin as part of pest control
- A heraldic term denoting a tree that has been uprooted; see Erasure (heraldry)
- A song on the album The Price of Existence performed by the death metal band All Shall Perish
- "Eradicate the Doubt", a song by Biffy Clyro