Extinctive

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.

    "Even with mild degrees of anxiety the ineffectiveness of the extinctive mechanism is striking."

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"Even with mild degrees of anxiety the ineffectiveness of the extinctive mechanism is striking."

Etymology

From extinct + -ive.

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