exterminated 1 of 2

past tense of exterminate

exterminated

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of exterminated
Adjective
If the permit is granted, the gulls' eggs can only be exterminated during roosting season between mid-May and mid-June. Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Animalia explains that woylies were once considered pests and were exterminated in huge numbers. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025 Both the Lava Bed bighorns and the Rocky Mountain bighorns were exterminated, early in the history of the state. Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025 After wolves were exterminated from the Yellowstone region in the 1920s, the elk population more than doubled, causing significant damage to the area’s grasses, shrubs, and trees. Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exterminated
Verb
  • FellinAI‘s first feature, The Sweet Idleness, imagines a world in which machines have eradicated 99% of jobs, leaving humans to a life of leisure.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That misconception must be eradicated from our society.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Mariners erased an 8-1 Toronto lead in Game 2 to complete a sweep, celebrating the comeback by locking arms around the pitcher’s mound.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • What’s being erased are actual historical facts.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Police and army inspect damage to a house destroyed by debris from a shot down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland, on September 10, 2025.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Archaeologists believe the castle was either dismantled due to structural issues or destroyed by enemies.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Complicating matters for all the island’s inhabitants, in January 1793 the French revolutionaries, who had abolished the monarchy to create a republic, executed King Louis XVI and then declared war on Great Britain and Spain.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Two years later, the monarchy was abolished, and Nepal, the world’s sole Hindu kingdom, proclaimed itself a secular republic.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • As explained, lost or damaged books will be charged at the market value to the borrower.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • This quality opens the door to creating implants that can be crafted to fit damaged sections of the bones perfectly.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • However, it was wiped out after linebacker Marist Liufau didn’t get off the field in time, so the Cowboys were penalized for too many men on the field.
    Jon Machota, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Mexico built a hydroelectric dam, where these golden barrel cactuses live and in an instant their environment was destroyed and this species was almost wiped out.
    Eyder Peralta, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Video from local news stations showed mangled train cars, some stacked atop each other, and smoke from grass fires drifting into the surrounding rural area.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Abelardo raced outside to find his brother inside the mangled Corolla.
    Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025

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