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Definition of Extinction

Extinction The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc. State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim. Related Definitions: Act, Activity, An, As, Be, Being, Ceasing, Claim, Destroying, Destruction, End, Extinct, Extinction, Extinguished, Extinguishing, Family, Fire, Influence, Life, Light, Making, Of, Or, Out, Putting, Quarrel, State, Suppression, The, To

Extinction Quotations Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Ronald Reagan That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place. Marcus Tullius Cicero The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals. Thomas Huxley And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction. Lester B. Pearson A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of extinction. J. G. Ballard

Extinction Translations extinction in French is purge extinction in Italian is estinguere extinction in Norwegian is utslettelse, slokking

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