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extinction
extinction
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
"the extinction of the lights"
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extinction
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- no longer active; extinguished
"the extinction of the volcano"
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extinction
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- complete annihilation
"they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
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extinction
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- no longer in existence
"the extinction of a species"
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extinction
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
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- Extinction is part of evolution.
- Extinction is a part of evolution.
- They are in danger of extinction.
- Many species of insects are on the verge of extinction.
- Some wild animals are on the verge of extinction.
- Many fragile species are on the verge of extinction.
- Global climatic changes may have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
- I want to help Native Americans to save their languages from extinction.
- Due to total russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is at the brink of extinction.
- There are many theories about the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs, but the real cause still remains anyone's guess.
- Imogen of the Internet has created a seminal classification of thirty distinct varieties of chatspeak, some now facing linguistic extinction.
- Many of the world's seven thousand or so languages are spoken only by handfuls of living people and are in danger of extinction.
- It's funny how Esperanto activists still engage in Volapük bashing even though Esperanto has outperformed Volapük to near-extinction over the course of a hundred years.
- Cats are the top threat to wildlife. They already are responsible for the global extinction of thirty three species and kill billions of wild birds and mammals each year.
- The violence by religious and nationalist ideals of a nation against another led to the creation of a new term to describe the cold desire for total extinction of a group of people, based on criteria of color, ethnicity, or religion.