extirpation

Example Sentences

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Fortunately, the pumas’ extirpation from the region doesn’t mean they’ll be extinct everywhere in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

Where species collapse does not occur, “climate change may result in large-scale mortality and population extirpation due to maladaptation of populations.”

From Scientific American • May 5, 2023

For decades, the penny has faced — and successfully fended off — calls for its extirpation.

From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2023

It’s either a survival technique to dodge humans or a sign that they are edging toward extirpation.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2021

What Billroth has described under the name of muco-salivary diphtheritis, as it occurs after the extirpation of a large portion of the tongue and resection of the lower jaw, belongs to this class.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various