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| ex·tinct [ ik stíngkt ] |
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1. having no living members: having no members of the species or family in existence, as is the case with many organisms known only from fossils
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2. no longer in existence: having died out or ceased to exist
  relics of extinct and forgotten civilizations
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3. geology no longer erupting: describes a volcano that is no longer active or likely to erupt
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4. social sciences law not now valid: no longer valid or practiced
This custom has for many years been almost extinct.
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5. extinguished: extinguished, quenched, or no longer burning
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| [15th century. < Latin exstinct-, past participle of exstinguere (see extinguish)] |
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