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

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

After surviving Order 66 — Emperor Palpatine’s plan to exterminate all Jedi — she went into hiding.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Military campaigns and disease did have a devastating impact on Indigenous peoples, but efforts to exterminate them were not successful.

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