extirpate
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"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 • Dec. 2, 2022
These things are diffuse, pervasive and difficult to extirpate.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2020
It was a poor return for American backing for the Baghdad government’s drive to extirpate Islamic State and regain lost territory.
From The Guardian • May 15, 2018
It's essentially a novelization of the War of Canudos conflict in 19th century Brazil, where the government of Brazil engaged in a prolonged effort to extirpate a communitarian religious community in the wilds of Bahia.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2018
To extirpate is to exterminate or destroy a living entity or group so completely that it ceases to exist forever.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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