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extinct
/ɛkˈstɪŋkt/
adjective
No longer existing anywhere.
- “The dodo became extinct in the seventeenth century.”Toofey
- “Even the human race will become extinct one day.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))