as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases
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Recent Examples of extirpate
Wildlife officials have collared a dozen gray wolves in Northern California in an effort to better understand and manage the species that has made a comeback in the state after being extirpated a century ago.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Wolves were extirpated in California in the 1920s and only recently began to rebound.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
To extirpate mountain lions from their farms, settlers used a combination of poison, which would have killed not only pumas but other smaller potential predators, and lioneros—experts at hunting down and killing pumas.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
The first wolf to be spotted in California since the apex predators were extirpated in the 1920s arrived 13 years ago.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Wolves were extirpated in California in the 1920s and only recently began to rebound.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
To extirpate mountain lions from their farms, settlers used a combination of poison, which would have killed not only pumas but other smaller potential predators, and lioneros—experts at hunting down and killing pumas.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
The first wolf to be spotted in California since the apex predators were extirpated in the 1920s arrived 13 years ago.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extirpate
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The advisory included detailed technical guidance to help network defenders identify and eradicate the threat.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The fly was eradicated in the U.S. in the 1960s and in Mexico in the 1970s.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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When a person died, the brain's power source was severed, and all of those chemicals simply dissolved into a meaningless puddle of liquid, erasing every last trace of who that person had once been.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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After 164 starts and six runner-up finishes, Fleetwood's $10 million victory not only ended his winless streak but also erased his name from the list of highest-earning players without a PGA Tour win.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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But abolishing a property tax would fully freeze younger and lower-income folks out of the housing market because, in part, higher property taxes often lead to lower home prices, which reduces the down payment required for a homebuyer seeking a mortgage.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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One way not to do that—to take yet another example from this Administration—would be to end the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program, which started during President Barack Obama’s second term and came to a close in March, when the U.S.D.A. abolished it.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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Their job was to destroy the Amazon to make room for raising cattle.—
Terrence McCoy The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
31 Aug. 2025
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If allowed to stand, this Decision would literally destroy the United States of America.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Extirpate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extirpate. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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