0 present participle of extirpate --
1 to remove or destroy something completely --
The gravel bar has similarly been resubmerged, becoming a hazard to boating and unfortunately extirpating the colony of common terns and herring gulls that bred there.
Exotic plant species must be controlled with the ultimate goal of extirpating as many invasive exotic taxa as possible, and restoring historic hammock structure and composition.
Yellowstone's managers were not eager to bring back wolves, especially after having so successfully extirpating them from the park.
Its populations may be dramatically impacted by typhoon-related disturbance, in one documented case nearly extirpating a local population.
Pollution in the 19th and 20th centuries also played a role in either greatly reducing or extirpating some species, such as the bald eagle.
I sometimes wonder whether people, who talk so freely about extirpating the unfit, ever dispassionately consider their own history.
We know local authorities have embarked on considerable expenditure in building public sanatoria and providing expensive treatment for the purpose of curing and extirpating the disease.
Thus, hurricanes, which generate large, widespread openings in the forest canopy, should decrease population densities of terrestrial gastropods, perhaps even extirpating less abundant species from some localities.
