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Extinct   /ɪkstˈɪŋkt/   Listen
Extinct

adjective
1.
No longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives.  Synonym: nonextant.  "An extinct royal family" , "Extinct laws and customs"
2.
(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive.
3.
Being out or having grown cold.  Synonym: out.  "The fire is out"



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"Extinct" Quotes from Famous Books



... faint admiration, righteous indignation, or at all events the open expression of it, was a discourtesy practically extinct with the people among whom he usually lived. He felt respect for the old bulb grower who would ...
— The Good Comrade • Una L. Silberrad
... Bassas da India: the atoll is a circular reef that sits atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano Europa Island and Juan de Nova Island: wildlife sanctuary for seabirds and sea turtles Glorioso Islands: the islands and rocks are surrounded by an extensive reef system Tromelin Island: climatologically important location ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States
... were suffering as no hardy pioneer had ever suffered before as they loyally partook of the hunter's stew which their leader had prepared in the dishpan. If, indeed, this novel concoction was the favorite fare of hunters, it is no wonder that the race of hunters is becoming extinct. But our business is not with ...
— Pee-Wee Harris Adrift • Percy Keese Fitzhugh
... a thousand years ago; but the piece may have been in circulation some years before this woman died; also it may have been coined the very year of her death. It bears the head of Dennis, the last of the Hy-Burnyan dictators. The race is supposed to have become extinct before ...
— The Last American - A Fragment from The Journal of KHAN-LI, Prince of - Dimph-Yoo-Chur and Admiral in the Persian Navy • J. A. Mitchell
... and a half which have elapsed since then have indeed seen extraordinary changes.*[2] The energy which the old borderers threw into their feuds has not become extinct, but survives under more benignant aspects, exhibiting itself in efforts to enlighten, fertilize, and enrich the country which their wasteful ardour before did so much to disturb and impoverish. ...
— The Life of Thomas Telford by Smiles • Samuel Smiles


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