- Types Of Speech
- You can use extinction as a noun in a sentence.
- About Extinction
- A 3 syllables noun and 10 letters with the letters c, e, i, n, o, t, and x, 6 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters nc. Extinction starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters e, ex, ext, exti, extin, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, ction, ..
- Definition
- The act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
- Origin/Roots
- French
- Compound Words
- A compound word, extinction has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are extinct, and ion.
- Pig Latin
- Extinction in Pig Latin is said as "extinctionay or extinctionway".
- Unigram
- e | x | t | i | n | c | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- ex | xt | ti | in | nc | ct | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- ext | xti | tin | inc | nct | cti | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- exti | xtin | tinc | inct | ncti | ctio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of extinguishing;
causing to stop burning;
"the extinction of the lights" - a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
- complete annihilation;
"they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs" - the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
- no longer in existence;
"the extinction of a species" - no longer active;
extinguished;
"the extinction of the volcano"
Synonym | Definition |
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Abolishment | the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) "the abolition of capital punishment" |
Abolition | the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) "the abolition of capital punishment" |
Abrogation | the act of abrogating an official or legal cancellation |
Abscission | the act of cutting something off |
Amnesia | partial or total loss of memory "he has a total blackout for events of the evening" |
Amputation | a surgical removal of all or part of a limb |
Annihilation | destruction by annihilating something |
Annulment | the act of abrogating an official or legal cancellation |
Asphyxiation | killing by depriving of oxygen |
Attenuation | the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density |
View all cognitive synonyms for Extinction
Anagram | Definition |
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Extinction | the act of extinguishing causing to stop burning "the extinction of the lights" |
View English words with the unique letters used in extinction. Words With The Letters Ceinotx
Word | Definition |
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Blow Out | |
Extinguish | kill in large numbers "the plague wiped out an entire population" |
Quench | cool by plunging into cold water "quench metal" |
Snuff Out |
Word | Definition |
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Conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something "the burden of decision was his" "he drew his conclusions quickly" |
Ending | the act of ending something "the termination of the agreement" |
Termination | the act of ending something "the termination of the agreement" |
Extinction Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With E
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters