extirpating
present participle ofextirpate
extirpate
verb[T]
formaluk/ˈek.stɜː.peɪt/us/ˈek.stɚ.peɪt/toremoveordestroysomethingcompletely
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- annihilation
- apocalypse
- bash
- bash through (something)
- be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
- fall in
- in piecesidiom
- indestructibility
- killsomethingoff
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
- sacrifice
- self-destruct
- self-devouring
- shred
- sink
- stave
- stavesomethingin
- tear
- wipe
Examplesofextirpating
extirpating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We might, however, make it a metaphorical war by adopting the all-out,extirpatingapproach discussed above.
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Thus, hurricanes, which generate large, widespread openings in the forest canopy, should decrease population densities of terrestrial gastropods, perhaps evenextirpatingless abundant species from some localities.
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We know local authorities have embarked on considerable expenditure in building public sanatoria and providing expensive treatment for the purpose of curing andextirpatingthe disease.
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I sometimes wonder whether people, who talk so freely aboutextirpatingthe unfit, ever dispassionately consider their own history.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Pollution in the 19th and 20th centuries also played a role in either greatly reducing orextirpatingsome species, such as the bald eagle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its populations may be dramatically impacted by typhoon-related disturbance, in one documented case nearlyextirpatinga local population.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Yellowstone's managers were not eager to bring back wolves, especially after having so successfullyextirpatingthem from the park.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Exotic plant species must be controlled with the ultimate goal ofextirpatingas many invasive exotic taxa as possible, and restoring historic hammock structure and composition.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The gravel bar has similarly been resubmerged, becoming a hazard to boating and unfortunatelyextirpatingthe colony of common terns and herring gulls that bred there.
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