1. eradicate
The new mayor swore to eradicate the crime.
Scientists around the world are already battling to eradicate ilnesses such as malaria and tetanus
It's not, by any means, an answer -- it will not eradicate violence, of course, but there certainly have been significant strides made.
We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.
No single speech can eradicate years of mistrust, nor can I answer in the time that I have all the complex questions that brought us to this point.