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exterminated
adjective as in extinct
adjective as in lost
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adjective as in ruined
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- abolished
- annihilated
- crashed
- crushed
- decayed
- desolated
- extinguished
- extirpated
- subverted
- totaled
Example Sentences
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.
He has promised to “root out” his enemies who “live like vermin” and must be exterminated for the country to survive.
Moussa Faki, the chair of the African Union Commission, said Israel’s offensive was the “most flagrant” violation of international humanitarian law and accused Israel of having “exterminated” Gaza’s inhabitants.
The over-appropriated Yakima River Basin is even worse, due to the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation dams that exterminated several runs of salmon.
Gray wolves were exterminated across most of the U.S. by the 1930s under government-sponsored poisoning and trapping campaigns.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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