extinction
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4.4
- noun
- /ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/
- A species is conservation-reliant if it requires human intervention to avoid extinction or the threat of extinction.
- species extinction
- extinction risk
- mass extinction
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Watch on YouTubeThings like do these extinctions, those are irreversible.
- Things like do these extinctions, those are irreversible.
- But it seems that Earth has gone through five of these mass extinction events so far.
- So there proves that humans can cause mass extinctions.
- It's a mass, it's just a mass extinction event that we're living through and we're seeing it.
- Domestic cats are responsible for modern extinctions of reptiles, birds, and small mammals.
- The reason we call it an extinction event is that's when the dinosaurs went extinct.
- The Earth is suffering a crisis of mass extinction.
- Accepting or being willing to pay a certain amount of money to prevent the extinction of the species.
Examples
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Humankind was again in danger of extinction and again turned to the Rangers for the answer.
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But it seems that Earth has gone through five of these mass extinction events so far.
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For all I knew, our species was near extinction, and I could do nothing to save it.
Fiction book (1990) -
And yet, for the first time... in the history of the planet, a species has the technology... to prevent its own extinction.
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Extinction is part of the natural order.
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In the next 40 to 50 years, we're going to see the extinction of more species than we've seen in the past 65 million years.
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How could we have foreseen the extinction of coworkers and friends?
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The theme is simply the threat of extinction of the species, thwarted by our noble ingenuity.
Academic text (1999) -
Domestic cats are responsible for modern extinctions of reptiles, birds, and small mammals.
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The extinction of the dinosaurs allowed mammals to thrive and evolve into various species.
Synonyms
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1.0
The end of something like a business or idea
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7.0
The end of a plan, institution, or idea
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8.1
Complete destruction so nothing is left
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7.4
A complete killing or removal of a group of living things
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6.8
Complete removal of something unwanted
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7.9
Complete destruction that leaves nothing behind
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6.3
Complete destruction that leaves nothing left
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9.8
Complete removal of something, often by pulling it out by the roots
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9.0
A complete disappearance of someone or something so it cannot be seen
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9.9
A state when something is no longer there or is not used
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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- Specialized
The angle a crystal must be turned to look darkest under polarized light
How Endangered
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Morphology
Etymology
Extinction comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and stinguere 'to put out', the same root as extinguish. That's why the death of a whole species is called an extinction — it is like the species has been 'put out' of existence.