Examples of 'extinction' in a sentence
Meaning of "extinction"
extinction (noun) - the act of completely destroying or eradicating something, often used in the context of species disappearing from the Earth
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- The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
- The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
- The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.
- The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.
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You would posit an extinction level scenario.
The extinction of fish stocks is an irreversible loss.
Causes displacement and extinction of native plants.
Extinction of the species is likely if nothing is done to conserve it.
Threatened with extinction for environmental reasons.
Extinction of known threatened species has been prevented.
Unintended permanent extinction of the pilot light.
The extinction of everything living on the planet.
September the sixth extinction is easy to name.
Mass extinction is not unusual on this planet.
This results in local extinction of the population.
Extinction means there is no more of a particular animal.
They feared the extinction of their kind.
Extinction refers to feeling as if life has no purpose.
The survival or extinction of life is in your hands.
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We have hunted them to the brink of extinction.
We face the extinction of our entire race.
And now we are faced with another extinction.
Trends in extinction risk and populations of species.
The rural communities are threatened with extinction.
Reports of our extinction have been greatly exaggerated.
Other factors contributing to the risk of extinction.
Fear of extinction triumphed among our people.
Atmospheric phenomena like extinction are not considered.
Our extinction could happen at any time.
The reasons for its extinction are unclear.
Its extinction had two primary causes.
Deforestation and animal extinction as sanitation measures.
The extinction of the weaker species is inevitable.
It has come close to extinction as a spoken language.
Poor things have been hunted almost to extinction.
For the extinction of humanity begins now.
You must enter the valley of extinction.
Led to the extinction of one species in five.
The human race is at the brink of extinction.
The date of extinction is not well recorded.
I am saving his entire species from extinction.
Ecological extinction is an example of a definitive point of no return.
The reasons for its extinction are unknown.
Of mass extinction on other parts of the planet.
Territories threatened with extinction for environmental.
Quantitative analysis showing a high probability of extinction.
Lead to the extinction of other life forms.
You live with the threat of my extinction.
Might be facing an extinction event of their own.
I wont have you debating us into extinction.
The species extinction rate is nevertheless difficult to estimate.
The human race is on the verge of extinction.
Extinction is part of the natural order.
This metal caused the great extinction.
