killed

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It states that adding pinene to localized treatments killed termites more quickly and increased final mortality compared with insecticide alone.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

The last known wild grizzly bear in California was shot and killed in the 1920s.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Neither country publicly discloses how many combatants they have lost, but think tanks such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimate that hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been killed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

South Korea's Ministry of Unification says it is "difficult to confirm" if all the soldiers who were killed have been memorialised on the walls.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The mice killed the trees, and then, when those ran out, died themselves.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone