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extinct

/ɛkˈstɪŋkt/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To make extinct; to extinguish or annihilate.
  2. Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
  3. No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
  4. (of a group of organisms, as a species) No longer in existence; having died out.
  5. No longer active.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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