| 词汇 | extirpating |
| 释义 | extirpating present participle ofextirpate extirpate verb[ T ] formaluk /ˈek.stɜː.peɪt/ us /ˈek.stɚ.peɪt/ to remove or destroy something completely拔除；消灭；根除 Destroying and demolishing annihilate annihilation apocalypse bash bash through (something) be sacrificed on the altar of somethingidiom consume costly dynamite erosion erosional erosionally erosive sabotage saboteur sack sacking sacrifice scarred wipe Related wordextirpation Examples of extirpatingextirpating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We might, however, make it a metaphorical war by adopting the all-out, extirpating approach discussed above. 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. 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I sometimes wonder whether people, who talk so freely about extirpating the unfit, ever dispassionately consider their own history. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Pollution in the 19th and 20th centuries also played a role in either greatly reducing or extirpating some species, such as the bald eagle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Its populations may be dramatically impacted by typhoon-related disturbance, in one documented case nearly extirpating a local population. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Yellowstone's managers were not eager to bring back wolves, especially after having so successfully extirpating them from the park. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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