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Extinct has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

To make extinct; to extinguish or annihilate.

"The firestorm was so intense that it effectively made all the nearby wildlife extinct within hours."

Adjective
1

no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives

"an extinct species of fish"

"an extinct royal family"

"extinct laws and customs"

2

(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive

"an extinct volcano"

3

being out or having grown cold

"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"

"the fire is out"

4

Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)

"The campfire finally went out and left only cold ashes in the center of the circle."

Example Sentences
"an extinct species of fish" adjective
"an extinct royal family" adjective
"extinct laws and customs" adjective
"an extinct volcano" adjective
"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream" adjective
"the fire is out" adjective
Related Terms
nonexistent extant dead allotherian tehuelche mosasauroid hippidiform bandjalang paleomammalogist plesiadapiform djadochtatherioid skunkhead steller zazao wampanoag lindholmemydid extinctness gomphothere archaeocete squalodont
Antonyms
extant active
Rhyming Words
nct unct tinct defunct adjunct sejunct injunct conjunct succinct dispunct instinct subjunct precinct compunct distinct disjunct discinct procinct coextinct unextinct
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