extinction

extinction is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 22 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
2. noun. State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.
3. noun. the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

   "the extinction of the lights"

   Synonyms: extinguishing, quenching

4. noun. a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
5. noun. complete annihilation

   "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"

   Synonyms: extermination

6. noun. the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
7. noun. no longer in existence

   "the extinction of a species"

   Synonyms: defunctness

8. noun. no longer active; extinguished

   "the extinction of the volcano"

Synonyms

extinguishing, quenching, extermination, defunctness

Common word forms

extinctions

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