extinctions

Meaning of extinctions

plural noun
  1. 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
  2. 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:

disappearance

Meaning disappear suddenly and completely:

vanishing

Meaning the destruction or permanent end of something:

death

Meaning killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals:

extermination

Meaning the action or process of killing or being killed:

destruction

Meaning the complete removal or destruction of something:

elimination

Meaning the complete destruction of something:

eradication

Meaning complete destruction or obliteration:

annihilation

Words that rhyme with extinctions

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