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exterminated

adjective as in ruined

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Live mosquitoes will be exterminated using ultraviolet light.

From BBC

It’s as though, having all but exterminated a plague, we decided we no longer needed to keep up the pyric hygiene that contained it.

While the damage was done for species like bison, which were often exterminated to starve Indigenous people, these laws helped wild turkeys bounce back across the country.

From Salon

Over time, beekeepers have kept hives that are more docile and exterminated bees that show aggressive tendencies in an effort to keep the majority of wild bees calm.

He has promised to “root out” his enemies who “live like vermin” and must be exterminated for the country to survive.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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