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extirpate |
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extirpate verb abolish, annihilate, annul, blast, blot out, bring to ruin, cancel, consume, cut down, deal destruction, deracinate, desolate, destroy, devastate, devour, dissolve, do away with, efface, eliminate, end, eradicare, erase, exterminate, extinguish, get rid of, gut, lay waste, level, liquidate, nullify, obliterate, pluck out, pull out, pull up by the roots, purge, put an end to, quash, quell, ravage, raze, remove, render null, rid, root out, rub out, sacrifice, shatter, smash, stamp out, tear out, tear to pieces, unmake, uproot, weed out, wipe out See also: abolish, bowdlerize, delete, destroy, efface, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, extinguish, obliterate, overthrow, quash, redact, reject, remove, subvert, supplant How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In fact, if we don't occasionally allow new species to encroach on our property, there will be no way to maintain high species richness as climate change extirpates some species locally Species need to move around to survive. |
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