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'extinction' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'extinction' with 4 example sentences.


extinction noun

: no longer active; extinguished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.
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