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Within a few months, Knipling had exterminated the island’s native screwworm population—a full-blown screwworm massacre.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2016

This summer, Ms. Browne snapped a photo of one of the insects on a file cabinet to prove that they still roamed the office after the company said it had exterminated.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2015

Only after the first Polynesian settlers had exterminated moas and decimated seal populations on New Zealand, and exterminated or decimated seabirds and land birds on other Polynesian islands, did they intensify their food production.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

King Saul, who, apparently by the advice of Samuel, had exterminated diviners and magicians from the land of Israel, desired in the last war to consult the Lord, who would not reply to him.

From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry

During the early winter she had visited Cuba and had announced upon her return that no other subject would command her attention until the United States had exterminated Spanish rule in that unhappy island.

From Senator North by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn