'extinction' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'extinction' with 4 example sentences.
- extinction noun
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: no longer active; extinguished
: no longer in existence
: the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
: complete annihilation
: a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
: the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
A large asteroid was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Many shark species are threatened with extinction.
I want to help Native Americans to save their languages from extinction.
Pandas were hunted to near-extinction by humans.