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Synonyms for extinct
ɪkˈstɪŋktex·tinct
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Princeton's WordNet
extinct, nonextantadjective
no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
"an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"
extinctadjective
(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
"an extinct volcano"
extinct, out(p)adjective
being out or having grown cold
"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
extinctadjective
Synonyms:
extinguished, quenched, put outextinctadjective
Synonyms:
ended, terminated, closed, brought to an end, no longer existing
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "extinct":
extirpated, missing, disappeared, gone, vanished, extinguishment
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2246 | missing | |
#2332 | gone | |
#11963 | disappeared | |
#22651 | extinct | |
#23553 | vanished | |
#26145 | dormant | |
#89722 | extinguishment | |
#108874 | extirpated |
How to use extinct in a sentence?
That a war of extermination will continue to be waged between the races until the Indian race becomes extinct must be expected.
We included seals, whales, elephants, mice, hummingbirds. We have dinosaurs of different sizes, extinct marine reptiles like mosasaurs and plesiosaurs. We have animals that weigh several tons, and animals that are just a few grams. The spread is very big.
We are unlikely to get the full genome sequence of the extinct species, thus we will never be able to fully recreate the genome of the lost form. There will always be some parts that can't be changed, they will have to cherry pick what changes to make. And thus the result will be a hybrid.
It is extremely fascinating and important for the science of paleontology that we can read so much information from the fossil record, allowing us to better understand extinct organisms and the ecosystems they were a part of, a major long-term goal of our work in southern Utah is to try and understand why the species in The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument differ from relatives of the same geologic age found in other parts of Laramidia.
The technologies we are developing to de-extinct the thylacine all have immediate conservation benefits -- right now -- to protect marsupial species. Biobanks of frozen tissue from living marsupial populations have been collected to protect against extinction from fires, however, we still lack the technology to take that tissue -- create marsupial stem cells -- and then turn those cells into a living animal. That is the technology we will develop as a part of this project.
Translations for extinct
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- измрял, изгасналBulgarian
- extintCatalan, Valencian
- vyhynulý, vyhaslý, vymřelýCzech
- uddødDanish
- aussterben, erloschenGerman
- formortintaEsperanto
- extintoSpanish
- منقرضPersian
- poistunut, sammunut, kadonnut, sukupuuttoon kuollutFinnish
- útdeyðurFaroese
- éteintFrench
- כבויHebrew
- kihalt, kialudt, megszűnt, elhamvadtHungarian
- մարած, վերացած, հանգածArmenian
- 死に絶える, 廃れる, 消える, 死ぬ, 絶滅Japanese
- mati, pupusMalay
- in onbruik, slapend, dood, uitgestorven, uit, uitgedoofdDutch
- utdøddNorwegian
- martwy, zagasły, wymarły, wygasłyPolish
- ultrapassado, obsoleto, extintoPortuguese
- угасший, устаревший, вымерший, потухшийRussian
- vymretý, vyhynutýSlovak
- släckt, utdöd, slocknadSwedish
- söndürülmekTurkish
- 绝种Chinese
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