How do you use Extirpation in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like excision or pull, plus the exact meaning.
Extirpation in a sentence
Extirpation meaning
The act of extirpating or uprooting.
Synonyms of Extirpation
Using Extirpation
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of extirpating or uprooting.
- Useful related words include: excision, pull, deracination, surgical process.
- In the example corpus, extirpation often appears in combinations such as: the extirpation, extirpation of.
Context around Extirpation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Extirpation
- In this selection, "extirpation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, deliberate and throughout stand out and add context to how "extirpation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the extirpation of wolves and known as extirpation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "extirpation" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with extirpation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This phenomenon is also known as extirpation. (7 words)
By the 19th century, the species expanded north and east, expanding further after 1900, coinciding with land conversion and the extirpation of wolves. (23 words)
This factor alone could lead to the extirpation of one or both species, but is compounded by the added factor of prey abundance. (23 words)
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. (31 words)
The extirpation of heretics became a much broader and more complex enterprise, complicated by the politics of territorial Protestant powers, especially in northern Europe. (24 words)
By the 19th century, the species expanded north and east, expanding further after 1900, coinciding with land conversion and the extirpation of wolves. (23 words)
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.
Common combinations with extirpation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the extirpation 3×
- extirpation of 3×