Definition of Extinction
Noun
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the act of extinguishing
causing to stop burning
"the extinction of the lights"
extinguishing quenching -
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
- experimental extinction -
complete annihilation
"they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
extermination -
the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
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no longer in existence
"the extinction of a species"
defunctness -
no longer active
extinguished
"the extinction of the volcano"
Word games points for the Extinction
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Unscramble extinction
148 unscramble word found using the letters extinction.
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