eradicate
verb (used with object)
to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate.
had eradicated
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past perfectof eradicate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By 1966, the United States had eradicated screwworms, but livestock remained vulnerable to reinfestation from screwworms migrating from Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
He had eradicated Schauffele's lead by the ninth hole.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2024
Centuries of hunting by humans had eradicated sea otters from most of the Alaskan coastline.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 22, 2023
Etienne said dwindling vaccination caused by the coronavirus pandemic had left many unprotected from polio, after vaccines had eradicated the disease in the region 30 years earlier.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2022
Nature had given him few of the kindlier characteristics of man, and these few Fate had eradicated entirely.
From Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs
