extinct
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- adjective
- /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/
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extinguido
- Here AT Rex Burger, even though we can hunt down the T Rex here, We'll be visiting more Wendy's throughout the video to find the extinct T Rex Burger.
- become extinct
Examples
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Your example made me realize how little I go to 'structural' changes, i.e., cloning to remove items from a scene. This image just wouldn't have made it to my 'fit to print' category—although, to be honest, I print so few images these days that category is becoming extinct.
Blog text (6) -
Their segmented carapace, arched legs, and bilobed compound eyes, each mounted on a high turret, gave them the appearance of extinct trilobites.
Academic text (1992) -
For this hour, they are extinct.
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Photographic demand used to be the largest industrial application for the precious metal, but now it's almost extinct.
Blog text (27) -
From the extinct lime pit, a white fog had risen up and spread.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tablets and netbooks go extinct, replaced by devices not yet conceived. 2030
Academic text (2012) -
In the late nineteenth century, Frances Calderón de la Barca wrote that some Mexican nuns produced feather mosaics, a practice that was nearly extinct by that time.
Academic text (2011) -
The fire has been extinct since last night, leaving only cold ashes behind.
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After a long day of hiking, we found a campfire that was completely extinct and needed to be reignited.
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The old lighthouse's light is extinct, and it has not shone for many years.
Synonyms
No longer burning or shining
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Extinct comes from Latin parts ex- meaning 'out' and stinguere meaning 'to put out', and it is the same root as extinguish. So when a fire or cigarette is extinct, it has been 'put out' and is no longer burning.