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  1. 1. a. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To cause to be extinct. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. (of e.g. volcanoes) permanently inactive Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. being out or having grown cold Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano. Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct. Milton. 2. Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law. To cause to be extinct. [Obs.] Shak. Source: webster
  8. 8. To cause to be extinct. [Obs.] Shak. Source: adambom
  9. 9. 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 Source: ecdict

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