extinct
ex
ˈÉĒks
iks
tinct
tÉĒnkt
tinkt
/ÉĒkˈstÉĒŋkt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "extinct"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ, āĻ…āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ

(of an animal, plant, etc.) not having any living members, either due to natural causes, environmental changes, or human activity
extinct definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Scientists work tirelessly to prevent more species from becoming extinct by studying and conserving endangered animals and their habitats.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀āϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϰāϞāϏāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻŦāĻžāϏāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ“ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ

(of a volcano) not erupted in recorded history, and not expected to erupt again

dead

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Geologists agree that the volcanic cone beneath Edinburgh Castle is extinct, posing no future threat to the city.
āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŽāϤ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻĄāĻŋāύāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ— āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϏāϞ⧇āϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āφāĻ—ā§āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻŋāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻļāĻ™ā§āϕ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϭ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ

(of something once burning, active, or vibrant) having lost its heat, glow, or intensity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their lifelong rivalry grew extinct after they reconciled in middle age.
āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāϭ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ, āĻ…āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ

applied to languages, customs, or technologies that have disappeared or ceased to be used
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Polaroid instant film has become extinct in most markets, replaced by digital photography.
āĻĒā§‹āϞāĻžāϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻĄ āχāύāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻŋāϟāĻžāϞ āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ