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extinct

/I/k'st/I//N/kt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

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

    adj.all

    Examples
    An extinct species of fish.
    An extinct royal family.
    Extinct laws and customs.
    Synonyms nonextant
    Antonyms extant

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive

    adj.all

    Examples
    An extinct volcano.
    Antonyms active

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is <i>extinct</i>; an <i>extinct</i> volcano.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. being out or having grown cold

    adj.all

    Examples
    Threw his extinct cigarette into the stream.
    Synonyms out

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. To cause to be extinct.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

exterritorialityextersionextillextillationextimulateextimulationextinctionextinction angleextineextinguishextinguishableextinguished

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