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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
When wolves were extirpated from the Midwest and the East, coyotes starting expanding eastward with little competition from wolves. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026 The apex predators were extirpated in the state in the 1920s, beginning to naturally recolonize their native digs only 15 years ago. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extirpated
  1. obliterated
  2. eradicated
  3. mutilated
  4. erased
  5. damaged
  6. abolished
  7. wiped out
  8. destroyed
Adjective
  • 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
  • His presence in government should be eradicated like a malignant tumor.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The islands lost 9% to 20% of the total Key Deer population, but the New World screwworm was declared eradicated there on March 23, 2017, less than a year after it was discovered.
    — Eric Michel, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of eradicated
Adjective
  • Pull some treats from the open coffin at Scotto Funeral Home, on the corner of Court Street and 2nd Place, then head to President near Hoyt to gawk at bloodstained windows and mutilated dolls.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Ken Russell’s The Devils originally came out in 1971 in a mutilated version, and nobody quite knew what to do with it at the time.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of mutilated
Verb
  • Burns joined the twenty-seventh annual New Yorker Festival to discuss his work with Michael Luo, an executive editor at the magazine, and the importance of chronicling history at a time when more and more is being written over and erased.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Playing its first game since firing coach Mike Norvell after six-plus seasons, Florida State erased a 17-7 second-quarter deficit by putting up two TDs in the final six minutes of the half.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of erased
Adjective
  • The Russian missiles that hit overnight across the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, damaged homes and commercial properties, triggering new power and water outages, national and city authorities said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Russian attacks target Ukrainian infrastructure The Russian missiles that hit overnight across the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, damaged homes and commercial properties, triggering new power and water outages, national and city authorities said.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • Eventually, Katniss is pardoned, and the Games are abolished.
    — Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Nov. 2026
  • In 2016, voters rejected Proposition 62, which would have abolished the death penalty, and did the same back in 2012 with Proposition 34.
    — Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of abolished
Adjective
  • Calls the budget provision forcing municipalities to repay NCDOT hypocritical, pointing to roughly $40 million in design costs wiped out by the PAVE Act with no comparable clawback.
    — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The drop wiped out nearly $200 billion in value for the company.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of wiped out
Verb
  • In Bulgaria, authorities found and destroyed a Russian Gerbera-2 drone, which was not carrying explosives, in the waters of the country’s northern Black Sea coast, the Defense Ministry said Friday.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • He was born in 1941 in the village of al-Birwa, which was destroyed by Israeli forces in 1948.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of destroyed

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