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extinction Definition


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extinct
adj
    1. Said of a species of animal, etc: no longer in existence.
      Thesaurus: obsolete, gone, lost, dead, vanished, defunct, exterminated.
    2. Said of a volcano: no longer active.
    3. formal
      Said of an emotion, etc: no longer felt; dead.
Derivative: extinction
    The process of making or becoming extinct; elimination or disappearance.
    The total elimination or dying out of any plant or animal species, or a whole group of species, worldwide.
Etymology: 15c: from Latin exstinguere, exstinctum to extinguish.



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