exterminated

Example Sentences

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Within about 50 years, the crocodiles had been completely exterminated.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

Along with the passenger pigeon we exterminated the great auk, the Carolina parakeet, the Labrador duck and the ivory-billed woodpecker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Over time, beekeepers have kept hives that are more docile and exterminated bees that show aggressive tendencies in an effort to keep the majority of wild bees calm.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

The over-appropriated Yakima River Basin is even worse, due to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation dams that exterminated several runs of salmon.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

There is an old piece of wisdom in biohazard work that goes like this: you can never know when life is exterminated.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston