EXTINCTION


Meaning of EXTINCTION in English

1.

The ~ 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 ~...

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2.

If someone refers to the ~ 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 ~ because of declining timber sales.

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