Ecological Concepts And Terms

noun a person or thing that has been extirpated

verb to root out or destroy completely

• The government launched a campaign to extirpate corruption from the public sector.
• I heard they're trying to extirpate all the weeds in the backyard.
• We need to extirpate all the fake friends from our circle.
• She hoped to extirpate all negative thoughts from her mind.

noun a widespread and rapid decrease in the biodiversity on Earth, often caused by catastrophic events

• The mass extinction event wiped out a large percentage of the Earth's species.
• Dude, did you know about the mass extinction that happened millions of years ago?
• That mass extinction was like the ultimate wipeout for the dinosaurs.
• The economic recession caused a mass extinction of small businesses in the area.