Remove area cited for redevelopment (9)
I believe the answer is:
eradicate
'remove' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'area cited for redevelopment' is the wordplay.
'for redevelopment' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'area'+'cited'='areacited'
'areacited' anagrammed gives 'ERADICATE'.
(Other definitions for eradicate that I've seen before include "Get rid of, remove all traces" , "Root out" , "Scotch" , "Expunge" , "Stamp out, remove all traces of" .)