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extinction

extinction
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    • 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      • no longer active; extinguished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
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        • complete annihilation
        "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"

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        extinction
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          • no longer in existence
          "the extinction of a species"

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          extinction
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          • extinctie
          • the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation

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          extinction
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            • a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus

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            1. Extinction is part of evolution.
            2. Extinction is a part of evolution.
            3. They are in danger of extinction.
            4. Many species of insects are on the verge of extinction.
            5. Some wild animals are on the verge of extinction.
            6. Many fragile species are on the verge of extinction.
            7. Global climatic changes may have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
            8. I want to help Native Americans to save their languages from extinction.
            9. Due to total russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is at the brink of extinction.
            10. There are many theories about the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs, but the real cause still remains anyone's guess.
            11. Imogen of the Internet has created a seminal classification of thirty distinct varieties of chatspeak, some now facing linguistic extinction.
            12. Many of the world's seven thousand or so languages are spoken only by handfuls of living people and are in danger of extinction.
            13. 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.
            14. 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.
            15. 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.