Synonyms for Extinction:
n.
dissipation, disappearance, disappearing act, into thin air, into/out of thin air, away, stifling. help, obliteration, Extinguishment, make, extirpation, eradication. curtain, rest, live. •annihilation (noun)abolition, extirpation, destruction.
•death (noun)
dissolution, fatality, demise, death, quietus, end, expiration, passing, cessation, release, annihilation, parting, decease, ending.
•dying out (noun)
annihilation, destruction, death.
•extinction (noun)
extermination, defunctness, quenching, experimental extinction, extinguishing.
•nonexistence (noun)
absence, nothingness, nil.
•obliteration (noun)
obliteration.
Other synonyms:
obliteration, destruction, disappearing act, disappearance, Extinguishment. dissipation, curtain. eradication. rest, away. •extermination
extirpation, extermination.
•Other relevant words:
nil, experimental extinction, extermination, Extinguishment, extinguishing, curtain, eradication, rest, nothingness, stifling, quenching, annihilation, abolition, absence, dissipation, extirpation, destruction, away, disappearance, defunctness, obliteration.
Usage examples for extinction
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Among the fatal effects of this has been the extinction of rational piety and rational patriotism. – Castilian Days by John Hay
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I contemplate its extinction with equanimity. – A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair
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Is it total extinction – Robert Browning by Edward Dowden