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* no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal ... * (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano" * being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"

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7y ago

The meaning of extinct is...

the hole in the void will open up and suck us in to internal nothing. ( MWAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
whipped out, gone forever, or completely lost.

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13y ago

It is from the Latin past participle of "extinguere" which means "to extinguish"

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15y ago

nonextant, dead, nonexistent, inactive

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