Something that no longer exists and has no living representative is extinct. Dinosaurs are extinct. Polar bears may become extinct. Sadly, history teachers who force their students to memorize long lists of dates are in no danger of becoming extinct.
Extinguished; put out; quenched;
Adjective
of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
Adjective S.
of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
Adjective
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"
a.
Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a
lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.
a.
Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family
becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.
v. t.
To cause to be extinct.
Extinct
Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct.2.
Extinct
Extinguished; put out; quenched;
To cause to be extinct.
Usage Examples
Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.
Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are.
Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.
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Other Usage ExamplesI will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.
I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct.
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.
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