What is another word for extinction?
Synonyms for extinction
ɪkˈstɪŋk ʃənex·tinc·tion
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
extinction
Synonyms:
destruction, stifling, suffocation, death, cessation, annihilation, obsolescenceAntonyms:
origination, inception, planting, birth, fife, course, operation, action, exercise, prosperity, continuance, survival
Princeton's WordNet
extinctionnoun
no longer active; extinguished
"the extinction of the volcano"
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extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishingextinction, defunctnessnoun
no longer in existence
"the extinction of a species"
Synonyms:
extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishingextinctionnoun
the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
Synonyms:
extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishingextinction, exterminationnoun
complete annihilation
"they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
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extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, liquidation, extinguishingextinction, experimental extinctionnoun
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
Synonyms:
extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishingextinction, extinguishing, quenchingnoun
the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
"the extinction of the lights"
Synonyms:
extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
extinctionnoun
Synonyms:
extinguishmentextinctionnoun
Synonyms:
destruction, annihilation, extirpation, extermination, excision, abolition, abolishment
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "extinction":
extinguishment, disappearance, extinguishing, termination, quenching, sunset, lapse, quench, demise, extirpation, disappearing, extermination, suppression, disappear, annihilation
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#967 | death | |
#5264 | destruction | |
#5476 | sunset | |
#6054 | termination | |
#12421 | disappear | |
#12650 | suppression | |
#16484 | extinction | |
#16872 | cessation | |
#17647 | liquidation | |
#20174 | demise | |
#21097 | lapse | |
#21577 | disappearance | |
#22953 | disappearing | |
#30957 | annihilation | |
#40453 | quench | |
#41263 | extinguishing | |
#42514 | extermination | |
#44044 | obsolescence | |
#50529 | quenching | |
#51207 | stifling | |
#56694 | suffocation | |
#89722 | extinguishment | |
#140219 | extirpation |
How to use extinction in a sentence?
We are threatened to become a species in extinction.
It's so indicative, we believe, of mankind and our government to just say, 'Let's manage this into extinction,'.
Extinction Rebellion to focus on the financial industry today.
We have the potential of initiating a mass extinction episode which has been unparalleled for 65 million years, but I'm optimistic in the sense that humans react -- in the past we have made quantum leaps when we worked together to solve our problems.
I think the most important takeaway is that we now have a record stretching back 550 million years, demonstrating that animals respond to changing environmental conditions, often resulting in major extinction events, even though the causes of today’s environmental change and responses of animals may be different, the fact that such change in the past has been shown over and over again to lead to major extinction events is a crucial one when considering what actions we should take to mitigate the course of our current human driven climate change.
Translations for extinction
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- потушаване, загасванеBulgarian
- extincióCatalan, Valencian
- vymření, zánikCzech
- uddøen, tilintetgørelse, udslettelseDanish
- AussterbenGerman
- formortoEsperanto
- extinciónSpanish
- sukupuuttoFinnish
- extinctionFrench
- הכחדהHebrew
- kepunahanIndonesian
- 絶滅Japanese
- 멸종, 滅種Korean
- exstinctioLatin
- metoMāori
- uitstervenDutch
- wymarcie, wygaszenie, wytępieniePolish
- extinçãoPortuguese
- вымираниеRussian
- izumiranjeSerbo-Croatian
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