extirpation
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The groups said the company’s taking of water has “caused the extirpation of native species and the destruction of riparian habitat — clearcut harm to the public trust.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 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
Gray seals previously on the brink of extirpation in waters of New England now occupy some Massachusetts beaches by the hundreds.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022
The Parliament to which his revolution would have consigned Ireland is described by himself as a den of thieves of which he devoutly desired the extirpation.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin
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