extirpation

Example Sentences

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Gray seals previously on the brink of extirpation in waters of New England now occupy some Massachusetts beaches by the hundreds.

From Washington Post

Many are fleeing northward in search of cooler waters, causing “extirpation” — or local disappearance — of once-common species.

From Washington Post

So they engaged in a practice sanctioned by the Spanish crown called the “extirpation of idolatry.”

From Science Magazine

"The change was subtle and slow — a gradual hollowing out of democracy rather than its extirpation," he writes, noting that high profile fascists like Tucker Carlson see Hungary as the ideal model.

From Salon

“We have so little leeway. And if we do have another year like this, we will come very close to the extirpation of this population.”

From Washington Post