Extinct (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. no longer in existence; having ended or died out: extinct pre-Colombian societies.
  2. (of a plant or animal species) having no living member remaining anywhere, not in the wild, in a naturalized population, nor in captivity, as categorized by the IUCN Red List: a list of extinct animals that once inhabited the Isle of Man.Abbreviation: EX
  3. no longer in use; obsolete: an extinct custom.
  4. extinguished; quenched; not burning: evidence of a half dozen extinct campfires.
  5. (of a volcano) not having erupted for at least 10,000 years and not expected to erupt again.
adjective
  1. (of an animal or plant species) having no living representative; having died out
  2. quenched or extinguished
  3. (of a volcano) no longer liable to erupt; inactive
  4. void or obsolete
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