extirpation
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The groups said the company’s taking of water has “caused the extirpation of native species and the destruction of riparian habitat — clearcut harm to the public trust.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2024
Where species collapse does not occur, “climate change may result in large-scale mortality and population extirpation due to maladaptation of populations.”
From Scientific American • May 5, 2023
For decades, the penny has faced — and successfully fended off — calls for its extirpation.
From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2023
It’s either a survival technique to dodge humans or a sign that they are edging toward extirpation.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2021
It gained ground until the Government instituted the sanitary police regulations, which, though they were such as would be considered strange in England, were, he believed, absolutely necessary for the extirpation of the plague.
From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?
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