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extinct
1. adj. (dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
Poor Edward's cigarillo was already extinct.
2. adj. No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
The title became extinct when the last baron died.
Luckily, such ideas about race are extinct in current sociological theory.
3. adj. No longer in existence; having died out.
The dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.
4. adj. (vulcanology) No longer actively erupting.
Most of the volcanos on this island are now extinct.
5. v. To make extinct; to extinguish or annihilate.

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Example Sentences

It is said that every week, a language goes extinct somewhere in the world.  It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.  Once a species goes extinct, it's gone forever.  Many animals that lived thousands of years ago are now extinct.

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