Definition of Extinction

Noun

  • the act of extinguishing
    causing to stop burning
    "the extinction of the lights"
  • 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"
  • the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
  • no longer in existence
    "the extinction of a species"
  • no longer active
    extinguished
    "the extinction of the volcano"
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Unscramble extinction

148 unscramble word found using the letters extinction.
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