extinct

adj.

1. No longer existing or living: an extinct species.
2. No longer burning or active: an extinct volcano.
3. No longer in use: an extinct custom. See synonyms at dead.
4. Law. Lacking a claimant; void: an extinct title.

[Middle English, from Latin exstīnctus, past participle of exstinguere, to extinguish. See extinguish.]

adjective

1. No longer alive: asleep, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, gone, late, lifeless. Idioms: at rest, pushing up daisies. See live/die.
2. No longer in use, force, or operation: dead, defunct, lost, vanished. See live/die, new/old.

adj

Definition: dead, obsolete
Antonyms: alive, existing, extant, living

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IN BRIEF: No longer in existence.

Many plants and animals became extinct during the last ice age on Earth.

Common misspelling(s) of extinct

• extint

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uddød, slukket, udslukt, afsluttet, ophævet

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgestorven, (uit) gedoofd (ook figuurlijk), afgeschaft, zonder opvolger (titel)

Français (French)
adj. - éteint (un volcan), mort (une passion), disparu (une espèce, une race)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ausgestorben, erloschen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που έχει εκλείψει, αφανισμένος, εκλείψας, σβησμένος, αδρανής

Italiano (Italian)
estinto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - extinto, destruído, morto

Русский (Russian)
вымерший, исчезнувший, упраздненный, угасший, потухший

Español (Spanish)
adj. - extinto, extinguido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utdöd, utslocknad, avskaffad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
熄灭的, 耗尽的, 灭绝的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 熄滅的, 耗盡的, 滅絕的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 꺼진, 멸종한, 폐지된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 終息した, 死に絶えた, すたれた, 消えた, 活動を停止した, 死滅した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منقرض, هامد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נכחד, לא קיים, נעלם, כבוי, מת‬

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