as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases
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Recent Examples of extirpate
Wolves were extirpated in California in the 1920s and only recently began to rebound.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
To extirpate mountain lions from their farms, settlers used a combination of poison, which would have killed not only pumas but other smaller potential predators, and lioneros—experts at hunting down and killing pumas.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
The first wolf to be spotted in California since the apex predators were extirpated in the 1920s arrived 13 years ago.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
The species flourished after its chief predator, the grizzly, was extirpated there, in the early twentieth century.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
To extirpate mountain lions from their farms, settlers used a combination of poison, which would have killed not only pumas but other smaller potential predators, and lioneros—experts at hunting down and killing pumas.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
The first wolf to be spotted in California since the apex predators were extirpated in the 1920s arrived 13 years ago.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
The species flourished after its chief predator, the grizzly, was extirpated there, in the early twentieth century.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extirpate
Verb
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Despite this success, these drugs do not completely eradicate the chronic lung infections that plague individuals with cystic fibrosis.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2025
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Measles, once eradicated, is again spreading in New Mexico and West Texas and even in our own area, where vaccine skepticism has long had a foothold in some parts of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community.—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Right behind was Rory McIlroy, who tried to erase from his memory that sloppy finish in the first round and roared into contention to put the career Grand Slam back into view.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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The relief that Wednesday’s partial tariff pause brought to Wall Street lasted for less than 24 hours, as Thursday saw stocks fall sharply in another volatile session and erase a big chunk of the prior rally.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2025
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France belatedly abolished slavery in 1848 in its remaining colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion and French Guyana, which are still territories of France today.—
Marlene L. Daut,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Legislature eliminated parole for nearly everyone imprisoned for crimes committed after Aug. 1, making Louisiana the 17th state in a half-century to abolish parole altogether and the first in 24 years to do so.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
10 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, over 100 government offices and other structures have been forced to shut their doors, relocate or have been destroyed.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2025
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Worthy sues ex-fiancée Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy accused his ex-fiancee of theft and extortion in a lawsuit, obtained by The Athletic yesterday, which alleges that Tia Jones stole and destroyed money and personal property belonging to Worthy.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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