The complete destruction of every trace of something.

synonym: obliteration.

Roget 301: extraction; extracting etc. v.; removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution.    evulsion^†, avulsion^†; wrench; expression, squeezing; extirpation, extermination; ejection etc. 297; export etc. (egress) 295.    extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers.    ... show more

Roget 103: fewness etc. adj.; paucity, small number; small quantity etc. 32; rarity; infrequency etc. 137; handful, maniple; minority; exiguity.    [Diminution of number] reduction; weeding etc. v.; elimination, sarculation^†, decimation; eradication.    ... show more

Dutch: uitroeiing, verdelging, eliminatie, uitwissing, het ontwortelen, het uitroeien, afstempeling
Polish: eradykacja