Use the sentence to answer the question.

The forestry service’s plan to eradicate invasive wildlife involves first identifying the harmful species and then making the habitat less hospitable to them.

What kind of context clue allows you to define the word eradicate?

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a word with the opposite meaning
a word with the opposite meaning

an explanation of the word’s meaning
an explanation of the word’s meaning

an example that illustrates the word’s meaning
an example that illustrates the word’s meaning

a word with the same meaning
a word with the same meaning

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The kind of context clue that allows you to define the word "eradicate" is:

an explanation of the word’s meaning.

This is because the phrase "to eradicate invasive wildlife" is explained by the actions that follow: "involves first identifying the harmful species and then making the habitat less hospitable to them," which implies the meaning of removal or elimination.