Vocabulary
Eradication
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the complete destruction of something.
Urdu meaning
جڑ سے اکھاڑنا، استیصال، مٹانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Eradication is within reach, but only if the fight is waged not just with vaccines and police escorts, but also with persuasion, partnership and public confidence.
Dawn Editorials —
Derailing eradication
— 2026-04-17
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If cash and in-kind assistance are bundled, our routine immunisation programme, the polio eradication programme, medicines for AIDS, TB and malaria, and many other health programmes are dependent on health ODA, some of them quite heavily.
Dawn Editorials —
Diminishing ODA and more
— 2026-03-20
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Data from the national eradication programme shows a considerable drop in the virus detected in environmental samples during the first two months of 2026.
Dawn Editorials —
Holding the line
— 2026-03-16
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Sewage surveillance, which allows authorities to detect the virus even before clinical cases emerge, has become one of the most valuable tools in the eradication campaign.Yet, several factors threaten the fragile gains.
Dawn Editorials —
Holding the line
— 2026-03-16
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The latest figures show that eradication is within reach if momentum is maintained.
Dawn Editorials —
Holding the line
— 2026-03-16
Synonyms
elimination, removal, suppression, extermination, destruction, annihilation, extirpation
Antonyms
implant, import, instil, foster, propagate
Curator example
“the eradication of poverty”
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