extirpated

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English

Definitions

verb

To clear an area of roots and stumps.
To pull up by the roots; uproot.
To destroy completely; to annihilate.“The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization.”
To surgically remove.

adjective

(of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere).

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Synonyms

annihilate destroy eradicate exterminate deracinate extricate uproot excise extinct extinction eradicated deceased faded disappearance disappeared gone lost removed

Associated

carnivora extirpation taxonomic molokai darter turbidity federally mussel globally maui kauai canis

Rhymes

elated exasperated agitated infatuated aggravated inundated irritated sophisticated antiquated reiterated

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