Extinct
adjective
No longer in existence or not active anymore.
Dinosaurs are extinct animals.
Often appears as...
- extinct species
- extinct volcano
adjective
No longer burning.
The fire is extinct.
Often appears as...
- extinct fire
- extinct flame
adjective
No longer having any living members or representatives.
The dodo bird is an extinct species.
Often appears as...
- extinct species
- extinct class
Usage tips
Academic, Technical
adjective
No longer in existence or not active anymore.
Dinosaurs are extinct animals.
Often appears as...
- extinct species
- extinct volcano
adjective
No longer burning.
The fire is extinct.
Often appears as...
- extinct fire
- extinct flame
adjective
No longer having any living members or representatives.
The dodo bird is an extinct species.
Often appears as...
- extinct species
- extinct class
Usage tips
Academic, Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Existence
Use it to describe things that used to be alive or functioning but aren't anymore.
The woolly mammoth became extinct thousands of years ago.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
It often refers to lost cultural aspects, like a way of life or customs.
Some ancient rituals are now extinct.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
It's used for species or practices that ended due to historical events.
Many languages went extinct after the European colonization.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Existence
Use it to describe things that used to be alive or functioning but aren't anymore.
The woolly mammoth became extinct thousands of years ago.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
It often refers to lost cultural aspects, like a way of life or customs.
Some ancient rituals are now extinct.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
It's used for species or practices that ended due to historical events.
Many languages went extinct after the European colonization.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Existence
Use it to describe things that used to be alive or functioning but aren't anymore.
The woolly mammoth became extinct thousands of years ago.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
It often refers to lost cultural aspects, like a way of life or customs.
Some ancient rituals are now extinct.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
It's used for species or practices that ended due to historical events.
Many languages went extinct after the European colonization.
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Video examples
Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
pheasants and of course again while cats were destroyed along with a lot of other predatory mammals so what you then saw was what was left of the wildcats that had been annihilated were hanging on to western scotland that's where the last wild cats were left and in fact they probably would have gone extinct too were not for the first world war
Video examples
Is Your Perfume Made...
this has on its native trees and forests is not sustainable. If we don't do something, this tree could become extinct in the wild for good. If we want to continue enjoying oud, we need a sustainable trade in it. And in doing so, protect the communities, forests and ecosystems which depend on it.
Video examples
Earth's mass extinctions...
He couldn't match it up to any bones on the planet, and he said, Aha! It's extinct. And very soon after, the fossil record started yielding a very good idea of how many plants and animals there have been since complex life really began to leave a very interesting fossil record.
Video examples
How to speak monkey: The...
piece by piece, and if we don't work to protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin, it will become extinct in our lifetime. If the chirp from one tamarin to the next has proven to be more than just idle chit chat, imagine what else we have left to discover.
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
books as being the largest land predator on earth so this gargantuan skull must surely come from some prehistoric dinosaur a saber-toothed cat perhaps well actually this super giant is anything but extinct in fact they're increasing in number they're said to be
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The coelacanth: A living...
and was believed to have died out during the same mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. To biologists and paleontologists, this creature was a very old and fascinating but entirely extinct fish, forever fossilized.
Video examples
His Epic Message Will...
the normal rate what a feat in the next ten to a hundred years every beloved animal character and every children's book is predicted to go extinct lions gone rhinos gone Tiger gorilla elephant polar bear gone in three seconds species that have been
Video examples
Harsh Reality of Saving...
there was a species that had been initially listed on the endangered species list declared extinct it's significance is that it's part of an ecosystem that is highly underrepresented in the world out here on the right planes we know that where
Video examples
Saving Water Voles From...
water bowls right here are amongst some of the most important creatures in the uk and why is the conservation of waterfalls so important if we're not here breeding them to release them the whole population would go extinct
Video examples
Saving the lowland Tapir...
are so please get out there and help me spread the word please help me speak on behalf of tapirs they're way too important to go extinct thank you so much
Video examples
Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
pheasants and of course again while cats were destroyed along with a lot of other predatory mammals so what you then saw was what was left of the wildcats that had been annihilated were hanging on to western scotland that's where the last wild cats were left and in fact they probably would have gone extinct too were not for the first world war
Video examples
Is Your Perfume Made...
this has on its native trees and forests is not sustainable. If we don't do something, this tree could become extinct in the wild for good. If we want to continue enjoying oud, we need a sustainable trade in it. And in doing so, protect the communities, forests and ecosystems which depend on it.
Video examples
Earth's mass extinctions...
He couldn't match it up to any bones on the planet, and he said, Aha! It's extinct. And very soon after, the fossil record started yielding a very good idea of how many plants and animals there have been since complex life really began to leave a very interesting fossil record.
Video examples
How to speak monkey: The...
piece by piece, and if we don't work to protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin, it will become extinct in our lifetime. If the chirp from one tamarin to the next has proven to be more than just idle chit chat, imagine what else we have left to discover.
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
books as being the largest land predator on earth so this gargantuan skull must surely come from some prehistoric dinosaur a saber-toothed cat perhaps well actually this super giant is anything but extinct in fact they're increasing in number they're said to be
Video examples
The coelacanth: A living...
and was believed to have died out during the same mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. To biologists and paleontologists, this creature was a very old and fascinating but entirely extinct fish, forever fossilized.
Video examples
His Epic Message Will...
the normal rate what a feat in the next ten to a hundred years every beloved animal character and every children's book is predicted to go extinct lions gone rhinos gone Tiger gorilla elephant polar bear gone in three seconds species that have been
Video examples
Harsh Reality of Saving...
there was a species that had been initially listed on the endangered species list declared extinct it's significance is that it's part of an ecosystem that is highly underrepresented in the world out here on the right planes we know that where
Video examples
Saving Water Voles From...
water bowls right here are amongst some of the most important creatures in the uk and why is the conservation of waterfalls so important if we're not here breeding them to release them the whole population would go extinct
Video examples
Saving the lowland Tapir...
are so please get out there and help me spread the word please help me speak on behalf of tapirs they're way too important to go extinct thank you so much
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Werner Herzog
German Director
Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are.
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Daniel Pauly
French Scientist
An animal that is very abundant, before it gets extinct, it becomes rare. So you don't lose abundant animals. You always lose rare animals. Therefore, they're not perceived as a big loss.
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Gail Bradbrook
British Activist
We are killing life on Earth, we're in the sixth mass extinction event and it's possible that human beings will go extinct. We're in a culture that doesn't want you to think about that.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
As a young boy, I was obsessed with endangered species and the extinct species that men killed off. Biology was the subject in school that I was incredibly passionate about.
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Anohni
English Musician
In our lifetime, we're going to see fifty percent of the world's species go extinct. We're already seeing this radical rise in the world's temperature that was predicted.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.
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Peter Heller
Writer
Species are going extinct because of habitat loss and warming. I feel deeply responsible and think about it every day.
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Peter Benchley
American Author
If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.
Quote examples
Georg Trakl
Austrian Poet
The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels.
Quote examples
Werner Herzog
German Director
Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are.
Quote examples
Daniel Pauly
French Scientist
An animal that is very abundant, before it gets extinct, it becomes rare. So you don't lose abundant animals. You always lose rare animals. Therefore, they're not perceived as a big loss.
Quote examples
Gail Bradbrook
British Activist
We are killing life on Earth, we're in the sixth mass extinction event and it's possible that human beings will go extinct. We're in a culture that doesn't want you to think about that.
Quote examples
Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
As a young boy, I was obsessed with endangered species and the extinct species that men killed off. Biology was the subject in school that I was incredibly passionate about.
Quote examples
Anohni
English Musician
In our lifetime, we're going to see fifty percent of the world's species go extinct. We're already seeing this radical rise in the world's temperature that was predicted.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.
Quote examples
John F. Kennedy
American President
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.
Quote examples
Peter Heller
Writer
Species are going extinct because of habitat loss and warming. I feel deeply responsible and think about it every day.
Quote examples
Peter Benchley
American Author
If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.
Quote examples
Georg Trakl
Austrian Poet
The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels.
Example 1 of 10
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