Extinct
[ɪk'stɪŋkt;ek-] or [ɪk'stɪŋkt]
Definition
(adj.) (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; 'an extinct volcano' .
(adj.) being out or having grown cold; 'threw his extinct cigarette into the stream'; 'the fire is out' .
(adj.) no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; 'an extinct species of fish'; 'an extinct royal family'; 'extinct laws and customs' .
Editor: Maggie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.
(a.) Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.
(v. t.) To cause to be extinct.
Checked by Elton
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Extinguished, quenched, put out.[2]. Ended, terminated, closed, brought to an end, no longer existing.
Edited by Bernice
Definition
adj. put out: extinguished: no longer existing: dead.—adj. Extinct′ed extinguished.—ns. Extincteur (eks-tang′té»? eks-tingk′té»?/span>—see Extinguisher); Extinc′tion a quenching or destroying: destruction: suppression.—adj. Extinct′ive tending to extinguish.—n. Extinct′ure (Shak.) extinction.
Checker: Wilbur
Examples
- Melnos is an extinct volcano, and this is the crater. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The great ox, or aurochs, is now extinct, but it survived in the German forests up to the time of the Roman Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Unhappily, that expectation was now extinct within her for ever. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But they are an extinct tribe that never existed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What course was taken to supply that assembly, when any noble family became extinct? Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Clym hastily put together the logs on the hearth, raked abroad the embers, which were scarcely yet extinct, and blew up a flame with the bellows. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The violence of our party debates about the new constitution seems much abated, indeed almost extinct, and we are getting fast into good order. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Surely death is not death, and humanity is not extinct; but merely passed into other shapes, unsubjected to our perceptions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- True, at first, I hesitated about establishing a colony in the crater of an extinct volcano, for one would never know when it would break out again. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- So that the number of intermediate and transitional links, between all living and extinct species, must have been inconceivably great. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- All was silence and darkness: the roaring, rushing crowd all vanished and gone--the damps, as well as the incipient fire, extinct and forgotten. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Brigandism is not yet extinct, whatever you English may think. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was a practice well known on Egdon at that date, and one that is not quite extinct at the present day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But hope was not yet extinct. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Museum had not existed for a hundred years before its scientific energy was extinct. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The old comedy was almost extinct; the new had not yet arisen. Plato. The Republic.
- A similar variation in structure had characterized a species of extinct ruminant in In dia. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- An extinct volcano perhaps. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The now extinct Tasmanian language is little known. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Reclined at length on a couch, in her new apartment, Fanny's spirits appeared so much improved as to encourage hopes which had become extinct. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- With the giraffe, the continued preservation of the individuals of some extinct high-reaching ruminant, which had the longest necks, legs, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- A kind of stupor followed my fainting; my senses were alive, but memory was extinct. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- As the individual sickens and dies, so certain species become rare and extinct. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- My dear child, the volcano is as extinct as the dodo. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Thus, we can account for the fact that all organisms, recent and extinct, are included under a few great orders and under still fewer classes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- We see the same law in this author's restorations of the extinct and gigantic birds of New Zealand. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The proportional numbers of its inhabitants will almost immediately undergo a change, and some species will probably become extinct. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I don't believe this crater is an extinct one. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- When they reached South America, they found the giant sloth (the _Megatherium_), the glyptodon, and many other extinct creatures, still flourishing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Wilbur