- past participle of exterminate.
- past tense form of exterminate.
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
Gray wolves were exterminated across most of the U.S. by the 1930s under government-sponsored poisoning and trapping campaigns.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
On the 100th anniversary of the last shooting of a wild grizzly in the state, you’ve got to wonder why the bears we exterminated were made the symbol of the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2023
For example, the dinosaurs may have been exterminated by the impact of an asteroid whose orbit was completely determined by the laws of classical mechanics.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
