eradication

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