Related / Similar Words:
extinguishing, quenching, experimental extinction, extermination, defunctness Definition: the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights";a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus;complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs";the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation;no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species";no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano";
Attributes: extinct, inactive Derivational Morphology:
snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench, eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
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