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extirpation

[ek-ster-pey-shuhn] / ˌɛk stərˈpeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
extermination
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California’s gray wolves were hunted and trapped to extirpation about 100 years ago, with the last documented wild wolf shot in 1924.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

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

The state’s first wolf plan was issued in 2005 before any wolves had come back to the state after decades of extirpation due to hunting and trapping.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2019

On Jan. 15, 1887, extirpation of the tumor by means of the high section was performed by Professor v.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various




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