Extinct
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adjective.
No longer existing or living:
synonym
:
dead
.
adjective.
No longer burning or active.
adjective.
No longer in use.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To put out; destroy.
Extinguished; put out; quenched.
Having ceased; being at an end; out of existence or out of force; terminated: as, an
extinct
family or race; an
extinct
law.
noun.
Extinction.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To cause to be extinct.
adjective.
Extinguished; put out; quenched
adjective.
Without a survivor; without force; dead
adjective.
Once existing as a species but now having no living members; -- used of species of living organisms, especially of animals and plants.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Extinguished
, no longer
alight
(of fire, candles etc.)
adjective.
No longer used;
obsolete
, discontinued.
adjective.
No longer in existence; having
died out
.
adjective.
No longer
actively
erupting
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective.
being out or having grown cold
adjective.
no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
adjective.
(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
Word Usage
"The title extinct, the fortune gone -- so does Fate laugh at our posthumous ambition!"
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
extant
Equivalent
dead
Etymologically Related
extinction
extinctive
extinguish
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
blinked
distinct
indistinct
interlinked
linked
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
aquatic
carnivorous
civilize
defenseless
dormant
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
SOL
ago
all bets off
all gone
all off