extinction
nounHow many syllables in extinction?
There are 3 syllables in the word extinction.How to pronounce extinction:
Definition of extinction:
- extinction (noun):
- the end of a particular way of life or type of activity
- the act of making extinct or causing to be extinguished
- the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation.
Synonyms for extinction:
abolition
absorption
action
activity
annihilation
death
decimation
defunctness
demolition
destruction
devastation
dying out
eradication
excision
experimental extinction
extermination
extinguishing
extirpation
havoc
loss
natural process
obliteration
oblivion
quenching
ruin
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Antonyms for extinction:
accomplishment
achievement
birth
building
constructing
construction
creation
development
erecting
erection
establishment
fabrication
fixing
formation
forming
foundation
generation
improvement
invention
levitation
making
manufacture
mending
nativity
origination
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- declarer
- supplicate
- spot-checker
- herbivore
- endlessly
- emoji
- awaken
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- manioc
- greenery
- encroaching
- twenty four
- sinewy
- sincerely
- misconceived
- khedival
- insightful
- embraces
- dialing
- conceive of
- self-possessed
- reassembled
- victimize
- slaughterer
- existed
- carpe diem
- solitaire
- plug away
- overrun
- corridor
- almuerzo
- momently
- copying
- Vladimir
- undermine
- misfortune
- vulcanize
- panicky
- horrendous
- emanate
- earth-shaking
- compering
- besiegers
- abounding
- three hundred
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