extinction
Từ điển Collocation
extinction noun
ADJ. mass, total, widespread the mass extinction of the dinosaurs | near, virtual | imminent, impending
VERB + EXTINCTION cause, lead to Modern farming methods have led to the total extinction of many species of wild flowers. | be doomed to, be in danger of, be on the brink/edge/verge of, be threatened with, face The island's way of life is doomed to extinction. These animals are now on the verge of extinction. | be saved from
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- no longer in existence; defunctness
the extinction of a species
- no longer active; extinguished
the extinction of the volcano
- the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
- complete annihilation; extermination
they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs
- a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus; experimental extinction
- the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; extinguishing, quenching
the extinction of the lights
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
extinctions
syn.: defunctness experimental extinction extermination extinguishing quenching
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