exterminate

Example Sentences

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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

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

Musk is convinced of this, in part, because he fears artificial intelligence will very soon become all-powerful and inclined to exterminate homo sapiens.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Lucie Wütrich argues that with the world facing a "bio-diversity and climate change crisis, we can't afford to just exterminate things we don't like".

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023

He seemed vaguely puzzled and disappointed; he must be wondering, she thought, whether it had been worth it, just to exterminate two rats.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien