extinction

the extinction of the state.

the extinction of diseases

the extinction of the great auk.

precipitate the extinction of sth.

the virtual extinction of the buffalo.

the mass extinction of the dinosaurs

The plant is now in danger of extinction.

The island’s way of life is doomed to extinction.

Habitat loss and fragmentation is the primary cause of population, metapopulation and species extinction worldwide.

All water used by the fire-brigade for fire extinction purpose is supplied free by an act of Congress.

Last December scientists announced the probable extinction of the first mammal because of climate change: the white lemuroid possum, now gone from Queensland, Australia.

By binding to certain glutamate receptors, D-cycloserine selectively enhances extinction, suppressing the effects of conditioned associations such as anxiety, addiction and phobias.

the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural; the supposed reason for his absence ; suppositious reconstructions of dead languages; supposititious hypotheses.