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Thesaurus: extinct

Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.

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  1. a. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.
  2. a. Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.
  3. v. t. To cause to be extinct.
  4. adj. no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
  5. adj. (of e.g. volcanoes) permanently inactive
  6. adj. being out or having grown cold
  7. j:100 a. no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives a. (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive s. being out or having grown cold