Extinction is when all members of a particular group die. Most often, we use it to discuss animal species. Many fear that the tiger is headed for extinction because of development and hunting.
The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
Noun
the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
Noun
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
Noun
complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
Noun
the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
Noun
no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"
Noun
no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano"
n.
The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting
an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life,
activity, influence, etc.
n.
State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be;
destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a
quarrel, of claim.
Extinction
The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
Usage Examples
That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem.
At issue was the question whether this man's faith could prevail against a man whose equal faith it was that this society is sick beyond saving, and that mercy itself pleads for its swift extinction and replacement by another.
Misspelled Formextinction, wextinction, 3extinction, 4extinction, rextinction, sextinction, dextinction, wxtinction, 3xtinction, 4xtinction, rxtinction, sxtinction, dxtinction, ewxtinction, e3xtinction, e4xtinction, erxtinction, esxtinction, edxtinction, ezxtinction, esxtinction, edxtinction, ecxtinction, eztinction, estinction, edtinction, ectinction, exztinction, exstinction, exdtinction, exctinction, exrtinction, ex5tinction, ex6tinction, exytinction, exgtinction, exrinction, ex5inction, ex6inction, exyinction, exginction, extrinction, ext5inction, ext6inction, extyinction, extginction, extuinction, ext8inction, ext9inction, extoinction, extjinction, extkinction, extunction, ext8nction, ext9nction, extonction, extjnction, extknction, extiunction, exti8nction, exti9nction, extionction, extijnction, extiknction, extibnction, extihnction, extijnction, extimnction, exti nction, extibction, extihction, extijction, extimction, exti ction, extinbction, extinhction, extinjction, extinmction, extin ction, extinxction, extindction, extinfction, extinvction, extin ction, extinxtion, extindtion, extinftion, extinvtion, extin tion, extincxtion, extincdtion, extincftion, extincvtion, extinc tion, extincrtion, extinc5tion, extinc6tion, extincytion, extincgtion, extincrion, extinc5ion, extinc6ion, extincyion, extincgion, extinctrion, extinct5ion, extinct6ion, extinctyion, extinctgion, extinctuion, extinct8ion, extinct9ion, extinctoion, extinctjion, extinctkion, extinctuon, extinct8on, extinct9on, extinctoon, extinctjon, extinctkon, extinctiuon, extincti8on, extincti9on, extinctioon, extinctijon, extinctikon, extinctiion, extincti9on, extincti0on, extinctipon, extinctilon, extinctiin, extincti9n, extincti0n, extinctipn, extinctiln, extinctioin, extinctio9n, extinctio0n, extinctiopn, extinctioln, extinctiobn, extinctiohn, extinctiojn, extinctiomn, extinctio n, extinctiob, extinctioh, extinctioj, extinctiom, extinctio , extinctionb, extinctionh, extinctionj, extinctionm, extinction .
Other Usage ExamplesDoctors, dressed up in one professional costume or another, have been in busy practice since the earliest records of every culture on earth. It is hard to think of a more dependable or enduring occupation, harder still to imagine any future events leading to its extinction.
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction.
The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.
The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals.
Comments