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extinct
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adjective (a)

  • no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives(adj.all)
    Example:
    An extinct species of fish.
    An extinct royal family.
    Extinct laws and customs.
    Synonym:
    nonextant
    Antonym:
    extant
    source: wordnet30
  • (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive(adj.all)
    Example:
    An extinct volcano.
    Antonym:
    active
    source: wordnet30
  • Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • being out or having grown cold(adj.all)
    Example:
    Threw his extinct cigarette into the stream.
    Synonym:
    out
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • To cause to be extinct.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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