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extirpated

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verb

past tense of extirpate

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extirpated
Adjective
  • Despite an obliterated navy and air force, Iran wielded significant economic power in the spring.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • In the 50 years since then, they have been found 38 times and successfully eradicated each time.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • The health department says that the source has seemingly been eradicated.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • But the most difficult parts also offer ways forward — news that arrives via a skull, a mutilated body, evidence of closure in many respects of the word.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Mora erased a 1-0 deficit with goals in the 56th and 67th minutes, giving him 48 in 145 regular-season appearances — third most in club history.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
  • The Angels erased deficits of 5-1 and 6-4 behind Vaughn Grissom’s game-tying two-run homer, only to be undone by a clutch Giants defensive gem and extra-innings rally.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Adjective
  • While sporting a bare look is often the best way to help damaged nails, already frail nails can be more susceptible to breaking without a layer of protective polish.
    Alexis Berger, InStyle, 25 July 2026
  • Dry hair will feel rough and look dull, while damaged hair will feel weak, brittle, and often break.
    Dominic Cadogan, Glamour, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • Under the 1866 treaty, the tribe abolished slavery and granted citizenship to the formerly enslaved.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • The Communist state was abolished in 1991, and the anti-Communist opposition swept to power in parliamentary elections a year later.
    Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Adjective
  • The reserve once had a diverse wildlife population but was wiped out in the early 1980s because of rampant poaching and prolonged insecurity in the country.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • The next season was wiped out to the NHL’s lockout, and when the league relaunched, the new rule changes worked against players like Hatcher.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Residents of one village in the Gironde region of France returned to find their homes charred and destroyed by the wildfire which has ripped through them.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
  • Yet with a lack of funds, officials halted further work, leaving the stands partially destroyed and deserted.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026

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“Extirpated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extirpated. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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