extirpate

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“The enormous increase in productive power which has marked the present century,” the social reformer Henry George complained in his 1879 bestseller, “Progress and Poverty,” “has no tendency to extirpate poverty.”

From Washington Post

"Feral American mink pose a particular risk to island biodiversity, especially to ground-nesting birds and small mammals which in certain circumstances they may have the potential to extirpate," Keen explained.

From Salon

The bears, previously native to the range, were all but extirpated during the 20th century.

From Washington Times

“The tribe’s fish and wildfire management plan has a goal of reintroducing and reestablishing wildlife populations that have been removed or extirpated from the reservations,” Piccinini said in a previous interview with The Spokesman-Review.

From Seattle Times

Wolves were only reintroduced to Washington in 2008, after having been extirpated from the area in the 20th century at the urging of the cattle industry.

From Washington Times