exterminate
Example Sentences
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Sheinbaum evoked the Holocaust, saying “many of my relatives ... were exterminated in concentration camps.”
From Los Angeles Times
The grower reported having to exterminate between 50 and 100 rats per day.
From Los Angeles Times
There are also conflicting views of the cost of exterminating so many owls.
From Los Angeles Times
Last year, some argued that the city should officially designate lovebugs as pests — a move that would allow them to be chemically exterminated — citing the threats they posed to mental health.
From Los Angeles Times
Live mosquitoes will be exterminated using ultraviolet light.
From BBC
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