EXTIRPATED Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in obliterated

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verb

past tense of extirpate

as in eradicated

to destroy all traces of the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases

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Recent Examples of extirpated

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

Though extirpated as animals, flamingos nonetheless became icons of the state. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 July 2026 Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 Over a century earlier sea otters, another key urchin predator, were extirpated by the fur trade, leaving the system precariously reliant on sea stars alone. — Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026 The bears were extirpated, or intentionally eliminated from an area, decades ago. — Eva Flowe may 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026 Though otters were never completely extirpated from Pennsylvania, the state park says their numbers were vastly reduced. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026 It's believed the last wolves in California were extirpated by the 1920s. — NPR, 26 Oct. 2025 Mountain lions were native to Arkansas until about 1920, when they were extirpated from the state through unregulated hunting and habitat loss. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2025

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Despite an obliterated navy and air force, Iran wielded significant economic power in the spring.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of obliterated

Verb

Magnus had almost entirely eradicated the type of commentary that divided fans along political and racial lines.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The sighting also is evidence, advocates say, of the legal protections that have helped gray wolves recover after they were nearly eradicated from the state.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of eradicated

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

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Verb

In Week 1, Carroll erased a 27-0 deficit to stun Oklahoma power Jenks at the Cotton Bowl in a thrilling win.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026
Rookie fifth-round running back Emmett Johnson flashed vision in the opener, finishing with 12 carries for 59 yards and a touchdown erased by a holding call on Hunter Nourzad.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of erased

Adjective

Analysts said the move was aimed at forcing companies to pay for their own security and bring damaged assets back into service, despite the cost.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Clean water is hard to come by, as the floods contaminated water systems and damaged infrastructure.

— Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

Norway does not have a coronation for the monarch, as the ceremonies were abolished by parliament in 1908.

— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Alabama has since abolished judicial override, the practice that allowed judges to order the state to kill a person even though a jury of one’s peers requested otherwise.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of abolished

Adjective

Israeli military strikes in the first weeks of the war wiped out much of the theocratic government’s leadership structure, including its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

— Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Gray wolves were wiped out in California by the 1920s and remained absent for decades before beginning a natural return to the state.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of wiped out

Verb

Forces also destroyed a third vessel, the M/T Kylo near the Gulf of Oman.

— Gabrielle Khoriaty, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
And, as Europe has felt more threatened by Russian incursions, a week ago NATO fighter jets destroyed a drone near Romania’s natural gas projects in the Black Sea.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

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