Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - extinction
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Extinction
extinction
~ n 1 a situation in which a particular kind of animal, plant etc no longer exists (Conservationists are trying to save the whale from extinction. | face extinction/be threatened with extinction) (Many endangered species now face extinction.) 2 a process in which a belief, way of life, feeling etc is destroyed or stops existing (Their traditional way of life seems doomed to extinction.)
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1. The extinction of a species of animal or plant is the death of all its remaining living members. An operation is beginning to try to save a species of crocodile from extinction... N-UNCOUNT 2. If someone refers to the extinction of a way of life or type of activity, they mean that the way of life or activity stops existing. The loggers say their jobs are faced with extinction because of declining timber sales. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Date: 15th century 1. the act of making extinct or causing to be extinguished 2. the condition or fact of being extinct or extinguished; also the process of becoming extinct ~ of a species 3. the process of eliminating or reducing a conditioned response by not reinforcing it ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 the act of making extinct; the state of being or process of becoming extinct. 2 the act of extinguishing; the state of being extinguished. 3 total destruction or annihilation. 4 the wiping out of a debt. 5 Physics a reduction in the intensity of radiation by absorption, scattering, etc. Derivatives extinctive adj. Etymology: L extinctio (as EXTINCT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) затухание; ослабление; гашение 2) вырождение - arc extinction - forced extinction - light extinction ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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noun 1) тушение 2) угасание, потухание 3) гашение (извести) 4) вымирание (рода) 5) прекращение (вражды) 6) leg. погашение (долга) ...Англо-русский словарь
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