exterminate
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In 17th century Ireland, Robyn Goodfellowe is an apprentice hunter who follows her father when he’s called in to exterminate wolves.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025
A woman who accidentally killed an 11-year-old neighbour with poisonous gas she used to exterminate bedbugs has been spared jail by a judge at the Old Bailey.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
Mr. Biden will travel to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to deliver the keynote address of the Holocaust museum’s yearly event and remember the Nazi effort to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe.
From New York Times • May 1, 2024
After surviving Order 66 — Emperor Palpatine’s plan to exterminate all Jedi — she went into hiding.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023
Military campaigns and disease did have a devastating impact on Indigenous peoples, but efforts to exterminate them were not successful.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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