Definitions
the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
Word origin
From late Middle English, borrowed from Latin extinctio (“extinction, annihilation”), from extinguere, past participle extinctus (“to extinguish”); see extinguish.
Used in a sentence
“Thirteen long centuries have elapsed since the extinction of the last Zoroastrian Empire[…]”
“Their lives were short; all were condemned by the early 1930s, presumably because, like most classes of G.S.W.R. engines, their small numbers invited extinction under any comprehensive programme of standardisation.”
“The extinction of a species once so numerous seemed incredible.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Species disappearance”10 letters
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