EXTINCTION


Meaning of EXTINCTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪkstɪŋkʃ(ə)n ]

1.

The extinction of a species of animal or plant is the death of all its remaining living members.

An operation is beginning to try to save a species of crocodile from extinction...

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2.

If someone refers to the extinction of a way of life or type of activity, they mean that the way of life or activity stops existing.

The loggers say their jobs are faced with extinction because of declining timber sales.

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