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Adjective extinct has 3 senses
- extinct, nonextant - no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"
Antonyms: extant, surviving, living
- extinct, inactive - of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
Antonyms: active, alive, live, eruptive, dormant, inactive, quiescent
- extinct, out - of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
Antonym: live (indirect, via dead)
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