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Common collocations with eradicate in American Collocation

eradicate verb transitive

US /ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪt/

completely

completely
effectively
entirely
finally
fully
permanently
successfully
systematically
totally

It is almost impossible to totally eradicate smuggling.

almost

almost
largely
virtually

He claims that long-term youth unemployment has been virtually eradicated.

problem

discrimination
hunger
illiteracy
poverty
prejudice
problem
racism
terrorism

Too much human ingenuity is channelled into developing new weapons, and not enough into eradicating poverty.

disease

disease
polio
smallpox
virus

Smallpox was completely eradicated from the natural environment by 1980.

living creature

infestation
pest
weeds

Armstrong was a keen gardener, and was obsessed with eradicating garden weeds.