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Extirpation
Extirpation meaning
The act of extirpating or uprooting.
Synonyms of Extirpation
Example sentences (5)
Wolves once played a key role in Colorado’s ecosystems, and their deliberate extirpation throughout the first half of the 20th century contributed to a wave of change on the landscape.
By the 19th century, the species expanded north and east, expanding further after 1900, coinciding with land conversion and the extirpation of wolves.
The extirpation of heretics became a much broader and more complex enterprise, complicated by the politics of territorial Protestant powers, especially in northern Europe.
This factor alone could lead to the extirpation of one or both species, but is compounded by the added factor of prey abundance.
This phenomenon is also known as extirpation.