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Extirpated

To clear an area of roots and stumps.

📖 Definitions of "Extirpated"

verb

1
To clear an area of roots and stumps.
2
To pull up by the roots; uproot.
3
To destroy completely; to annihilate.
"The cougar was extirpated across nearly all of its eastern North American range in the two centuries after European colonization."
4
To surgically remove.

adjective

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
extinctverb	Synonym of extinguish.
extinctionnoun	The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
eradicatedverb	Utterly destroyed; eliminated.
deceasednoun	No longer alive; dead.
faded	That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.
disappearancenoun	The action of disappearing or vanishing.
disappearednoun	A desaparecido.
gone	Away, having left.
lost	In an unknown location; unable to be found.
removed	Separated in time, space, or degree.
awolnoun	(originally military) Absent without official leave (permission).
missingnoun	Not present when it (they) should be.
disposed	inclined, minded
demiseverb	(intransitive) To die.
unaccounted	Not accounted
threatened	(especially ecology, of an organism) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
endangered	in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)
disappearancesnoun	The action of disappearing or vanishing.
eliminatedverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
vanished	No longer apparent; not extant; gone.