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
Wolves were extirpated in California in the 1920s and only recently began to rebound.
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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
The species flourished after its chief predator, the grizzly, was extirpated there, in the early twentieth century.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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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
The species flourished after its chief predator, the grizzly, was extirpated there, in the early twentieth century.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extirpate
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What to know to recognize the symptoms How to get rid of acid reflux In most cases, acid reflux can actually be eradicated for good.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Ease of use The goal of a fruit fly trap is to easily and quickly eradicate your population of fruit flies.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Still, the Biden administration erased student loan debt for more than 5 million borrowers through other forgiveness programs.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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While the Yankees made two errors in the game, a pickoff play between Fried and Jazz Chisholm Jr. at second base erased a two-base mistake from Oswaldo Cabrera in the fourth.—
Gary Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2025
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France belatedly abolished slavery in 1848 in its remaining colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion and French Guyana, which are still territories of France today.—
Marlene L. Daut,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Legislature eliminated parole for nearly everyone imprisoned for crimes committed after Aug. 1, making Louisiana the 17th state in a half-century to abolish parole altogether and the first in 24 years to do so.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
10 Apr. 2025
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More than half a dozen tornadoes have been confirmed, including one in Marshall County, Oklahoma, that left two homes completely destroyed and damaged about 20 others.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Fans of the franchise will remember that the Battle of Exegol was the climactic showdown between the Resistance and the First Order, which ended with the Sith being destroyed once and for all.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Extirpate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extirpate. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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