EXTIRPATED Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in obliterated

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verb

past tense of extirpate

as in eradicated

to destroy all traces of the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases

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Recent Examples of extirpated

Adjective

The plains wolf ecotype was extirpated thanks, mostly, to government eradication efforts, wildlife managers note in the report. — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026

Verb

The apex predators were extirpated in the state in the 1920s, beginning to naturally recolonize their native digs only 15 years ago. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Though extirpated as animals, flamingos nonetheless became icons of the state. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 July 2026 Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 Over a century earlier sea otters, another key urchin predator, were extirpated by the fur trade, leaving the system precariously reliant on sea stars alone. — Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026 The bears were extirpated, or intentionally eliminated from an area, decades ago. — Eva Flowe may 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026 Though otters were never completely extirpated from Pennsylvania, the state park says their numbers were vastly reduced. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026 It's believed the last wolves in California were extirpated by the 1920s. — NPR, 26 Oct. 2025 Mountain lions were native to Arkansas until about 1920, when they were extirpated from the state through unregulated hunting and habitat loss. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2025

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Despite an obliterated navy and air force, Iran wielded significant economic power in the spring.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of obliterated

Verb

The campaign that originally eradicated screwworm relied on what’s known as the sterile insect technique.

— Robert Kelly, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Stoett argues that if a market is used to encourage removal, the commercial activity should exist because the species needs to be reduced, contained, or eradicated—not because the goal is to establish a sustainable fishery for that species.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of eradicated

Adjective

Pull some treats from the open coffin at Scotto Funeral Home, on the corner of Court Street and 2nd Place, then head to President near Hoyt to gawk at bloodstained windows and mutilated dolls.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026
Ken Russell’s The Devils originally came out in 1971 in a mutilated version, and nobody quite knew what to do with it at the time.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of mutilated

Adjective

Rypkema said the region could look to San Antonio’s Under 1 Roof program, which provides low- to moderate-income homeowners with one-time grants of up to $19,000 to fix worn or damaged roofs.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
There are some health concerns related to PTFE coatings when misused, damaged or excessively heated.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

Turkey abolished the Rumi calendar, which was pinned to the year 1341, and instantly woke up in the Western Gregorian year of 1926.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Even if the position is abolished, the person elected this November would serve in the office through the end of 2027.

— Isaac Yu, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of abolished

Adjective

This time, Rome killed more than half a million, wiped out nearly 1,000 villages, and banned Jews from Jerusalem.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
After a hip injury wiped out his 2025 season and a new regime took over, his time in South Florida was over.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of wiped out

Verb

Both the rocket and the camera were destroyed after crashing into the Earth at a speed of about 340 miles per hour.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Cities outside Paris have been hit hard by the unrest, including Limoges where a fire nearly destroyed the 19th-century city hall.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

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