extinctions
Meaning of extinctions
plural noun
- the fact or process of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants becoming extinct.
preventing the extinction of this unique frog will require the restoration of ponds and surrounding habitats
the extinction of the great auk
mass extinctions
- reduction to zero in the intensity of light or other radiation as it passes through a medium, due to absorption, reflection, or scattering.
ultraviolet extinction
late Middle English: from Latin exstinctio(n- ), from exstinguere ‘quench’ (see extinguish).
Information about extinctions
- It is a name.
- The singular form of extinctions is: extinction.
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Hyphenation of extinctions
ex-tinc-tions
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- extinctions is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
extinctions synonyms
Meaning the process of something ceasing to exist or be in use:
Meaning disappear suddenly and completely:
Meaning the destruction or permanent end of something:
Meaning killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals:
Meaning the action or process of killing or being killed:
Meaning the complete removal or destruction of something:
Meaning the complete destruction of something:
Meaning complete destruction or obliteration:
Words that rhyme with extinctions
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