extirpation
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The Golden State’s gray wolves were hunted and trapped to extirpation a century ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 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
He points out that we cannot apply to superfluous or defective human beings the system of extirpation which gardeners apply to superfluous and defective vegetables and weeds.
From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Kelly, Edmond
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