Extinction

//ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən//

Synonyms for "extinction" (129 found)

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Noun(1 words)
defunctness

Strong matches (39)

Related words (64)

Noun(1 words)
quenching

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Translations

58 translations across 40 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • اِنْقِرَاض noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Asturian

1 entries
  • estinción noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • выміра́нне noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • загасване noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • потушаване noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Catalan

1 entries
  • extinció noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 滅絕 /灭绝 noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Czech

3 entries
  • vyhynutí noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • vymření noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • zánik noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Danish

3 entries
  • tilintetgørelse noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • uddøen noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • udslettelse noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Dutch

1 entries
  • uitsterven noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • formorto noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Finnish

1 entries
  • sukupuutto noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

French

1 entries
  • extinction noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Galician

1 entries
  • extinción noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ამოწყდომა noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • ამოწყვეტა noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • ამოხოცვა noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • გადაშენება noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

German

1 entries
  • Aussterben noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הכחדה noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Hindi

1 entries
  • विलुप्त noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kihalás noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • kipusztulás noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • útdauði noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kepunahan noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Irish

1 entries
  • díothú noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 絶滅 noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • жойылу noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • қырылу noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Korean

1 entries
  • 멸종 noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Latin

2 entries
  • exstinctiō noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • extinctiō noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Latvian

1 entries
  • izmiršana noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • помор noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Malay

1 entries
  • kepupusan noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Māori

1 entries
  • meto noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • utdøying noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • utrydding noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Polish

4 entries
  • wygaszenie noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • wymarcie noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • wymieranie noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • wytępienie noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • extinção noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Russian

1 entries
  • вымира́ние noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • izumiranje noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Spanish

1 entries
  • extinción noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Swedish

1 entries
  • utrotning noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • lipol noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • pagkalipol noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)
  • paglipol noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Thai

1 entries
  • การสูญพันธุ์ noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • вимира́ння noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • àkúrun noun (the action of making or becoming extinct)

Sample sentences

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The Siberian tiger is on the verge of extinction.

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There are many theories about the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs, but the real cause still remains anyone's guess.

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Some wild animals are on the verge of extinction.

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Extinction is part of evolution.

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