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extinct adjective

  /ɛk-/ , /ɪkˈstɪŋ(k)t/
  • Of feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.: put out, as if like a fire; quenched, suppressed.
 hiipunut
  • (nuclear physics) Of a radioisotope: no longer occurring primordially due to having decayed away completely, because it has a relatively short half-life.
 hävinnyt
  • Of customs, ideas, laws and legal rights, offices, organizations, etc.: no longer existing or in use; defunct, discontinued, obsolete; specifically, of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it.
 kadonnut, poistunut
  • (dated) Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.
  • (geology) Of a geological feature: no longer active; specifically, of a volcano: no longer erupting.
 sammunut
  • (chiefly, biology) Of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence.
 sukupuuttoon kuollut

extinction noun

  /ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/
  • The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
 sukupuutto

extinct verb

  /ɛk-/ , /ɪkˈstɪŋ(k)t/
  • (specifically, biology) To cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct (adjective sense 2.3).
 kalastaa sukupuuttoon, metsästää sukupuuttoon, tappaa sukupuuttoon
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