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exterminated

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verb

past tense of exterminate

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Recent Examples of exterminated
Verb
The attacker won't stop until all of its human targets are exterminated. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Robinson said she’s asked if her mom can be moved to another unit while the bugs are exterminated. — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2026 In Vermont, federal researchers are hoping to save American elm trees by infecting young saplings with the fungal disease that has nearly exterminated the tall, once prevalent, East Coast trees. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Suleyman gains a reluctant ally in cop Yasmine (Clara Claymans), as the rest of her SWAT team gets swiftly exterminated. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026 The only flamingo native to North America was exterminated in Florida by the early part of the twentieth century. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 July 2026 This acts as both treatment and prevention; adults are exterminated and the lifecycle is disrupted. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 6 July 2026 To argue that the 8 million Jews of Israel have no right to exist as a polity, and must be exterminated or displaced, is, of course, genocidal in intent. — Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026 Journalists on the ground in Palestine, who have been systematically exterminated by the Israeli military, risked their lives and the lives of their families to tell these stories. — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exterminated
Adjective
  • The plains wolf ecotype was extirpated thanks, mostly, to government eradication efforts, wildlife managers note in the report.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • The team has eradicated every invasive casuarina pine, the Australian import whose needles poison the native plants beneath it, along with invasive sea grapes that chew up the dunes.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Screwworm had been considered eradicated from the US, Mexico and most of Central America decades ago.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Despite an obliterated navy and air force, Iran wielded significant economic power in the spring.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Sneed recovered what would have been a game-clinching fumble, but replay review erased the call.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The pullback has erased all of the stock's strong summer performance, a stretch that included encouraging third-quarter results.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols was found in London’s East End slums.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Continue reading … CAT FIGHT — Kitten rescue defends ‘NO F---ING MAGA’ adoption policy as PETA calls for it to be abolished.
    — , FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) said 165 permanent positions were abolished outright, with more than 1,000 workers anticipated to be furloughed by mid-November.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The drones set off fires and damaged buildings in Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine overnight, authorities said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Finally, don’t use disinfecting wipes on raw wood or furniture with an uneven or damaged finish.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Pakistani Information Ministry rejected a claim by Afghanistan's Defense Ministry that Afghanistan had destroyed a Pakistani post near the southern Afghan border town of Spin Boldak, opposite the Pakistani city of Chaman.
    — MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Saudi Arabia said earlier this month that its air defenses destroyed a Houthi drone headed for the holy city of Mecca, a claim the group denied.
    — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Exterminated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exterminated. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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