Sekirov Dictionary

extinct

/ɪkˈstɪŋkt/

adjective7

  1. Of an animal or plant species or group of species, a group of people, a family, etc., having no living members, representatives, or descendants.
  2. Of a geological feature: no longer active; specifically, of a volcano: no longer erupting.
  3. (figurative) Of feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.: put out, as if like a fire; quenched, suppressed.
  4. (figurative, no longer used) Of a person: dead; also, permanently separated from others.
  5. (no longer used) Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.

verb7

  1. (no longer used) To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
  2. (figurative, no longer used) To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
  3. (figurative, no longer used) To kill (someone).
  4. (figurative, no longer used) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
  5. (figurative, no longer used) To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a license, etc.).

noun1

forms

extincted · extincting · extincts

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