verb🔗ShareTo make extinct; to extinguish or annihilate."Overhunting can extinct entire species of animals. "environmentbiologyecologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareExtinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)"The campfire was extinct, so we couldn't cook any more hot dogs. "natureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareNo longer used; obsolete, discontinued."Luckily, such ideas about race are extinct in current sociological theory."languagehistorybiologynatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a group of organisms, as a species) No longer in existence; having died out."The dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years."organismbiologynatureecologyenvironmentanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareNo longer active."Most of the volcanos on this island are now extinct."environmentbiologyecologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
