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

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

For The Beatles it must have been a hard day's night, but such was Dalek-mania, the robot mutants helped Doctor Who exterminate the Fab Four in one of the first major TV ratings battles.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2023

“We’re an alternative so that the emergency teams don’t exterminate them. We give them a second chance.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

To extirpate is to exterminate or destroy a living entity or group so completely that it ceases to exist forever.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz