extinct
Of feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.: put out, as if like a fire; quenched, suppressed.
Other meanings
Of an animal or plant species or group of species, a group of people, a family, etc., having no living members, representatives, or descendants. en
Of a geological feature: no longer active; specifically, of a volcano: no longer erupting.
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "extīnctus".
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This definition is adapted from “extinct” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.