Related Words for mass extinction

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mass extinction event
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Phrase, Noun
abbreviation
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Noun
speciation
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Noun
evolution
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Noun
evolutionary biology
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Name, Name
gradualism
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Noun
natural selection
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Phrase, Noun
survival of the fittest
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Phrase, Noun
coevolution
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Noun
climax
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Noun
integration
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Noun
sexual selection
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Phrase, Noun
differentiation
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Noun
visitation
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Noun
convergence
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Noun
phylogeny
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Noun
climate change
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Phrase, Noun
paleontology
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Noun
adaptation
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Noun
divergence
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Noun
life history
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Phrase, Noun
biodiversity
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Noun
mortality
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Noun
fitness
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Noun
conservation
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Noun
population
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Noun
biogeography
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Noun
recapitulation
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Noun
taxon
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Noun
biostratigraphy
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Noun
aggregation
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Noun
spontaneous generation
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Phrase, Noun
diagenesis
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Noun
prevalent
/xx
Adjective
abatement
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Noun
abdication
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Noun
abolition
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Noun
absorption
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Noun
activation
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Noun
additions
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Noun
aggregate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
amount
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Noun, Verb
annihilation
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Noun
area
/xx
Noun
arousal
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Noun
atomic weight
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Phrase, Noun
audience
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Noun
axillary
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Adjective, Noun
bankruptcy
/xx
Noun
batch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
batter
/x
Noun, Verb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
biomass
/xx
Noun
blob
/
Noun, Verb
bloc
/
Noun
block
/
Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
breakdown
/x
Noun
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
broadcast
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bunch
/
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
burden
/x
Noun, Verb
campaigns
x/
Noun
cessation
x/x
Noun
chassis
/x
Noun
chemistry
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Noun
christmas
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
church
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Noun, Verb
closure
/x
Noun
clump
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
collapse
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Noun, Verb
collective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
communal
x/x
Adjective
communication
xxx/x
Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
composite
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
comprehensive
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Adjective, Noun
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
concentration
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Noun
confusion
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Noun
conglomerate
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
convective
x/x
Adjective
correlation
xx/x
Noun
coupling
/x
Noun
courtyard
/x
Noun
crowd
/
Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
deactivation
x/x/x
Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
death
/
Noun
decay
x/
Noun, Verb
deletion
x/x
Noun
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
density
/xx
Noun
depletion
x/x
Noun
deposit
x/x
Noun, Verb
destruction
x/x
Noun
devastation
xx/x
Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
diffusion
x/x
Noun
diffusive
x/x
Adjective
directed
x/x
Adjective
disappear
xx/
Verb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
dismantling
x/xx
Noun
dismemberment
x/xx
Noun
dispersive
x/x
Adjective
dissemination
xxx/x
Noun
dissolution
xx/x
Noun
dome
/
Noun, Verb
doom
/
Noun, Verb
dough
/
Noun, Verb
downfall
/x
Noun, Verb
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
eddy
/x
Noun, Verb
elimination
xxx/x
Noun
endangered
x/x
Adjective
enormous
x/x
Adjective
eradication
xxx/x
Noun
estate
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
exhaustion
x/x
Noun
exodus
/xx
Noun, Verb
expiration
xx/x
Noun
expiry
x/x
Noun
expulsion
x/x
Noun
extensive
x/x
Adjective
extermination
xxx/x
Noun
extinguishing
x/xx
Noun
extirpation
/xxx
Noun
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
firefighting
/xx
Noun
floating
/x
Adjective, Noun
flock
/
Noun, Verb
flora
/x
Noun
flow
/
Noun, Verb
followers
/xx
Verb
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
forklift
/x
Noun, Verb
gang
/
Noun, Verb
general
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
generalized
/xxx
Adjective
genocide
/xx
Noun, Verb
glob
/
Noun, Verb
global
/x
Adjective, Name, Adverb
globule
/x
Noun
good deal
//
Phrase, Noun
gram
/
Noun
graphite
/x
Noun, Verb
grassroots
//
Adjective
gravity
/xx
Noun
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
great deal
//
Name, Name
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
group
/
Noun, Verb
growth
/
Noun
hammer
/x
Noun, Verb
heap
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
high mass
//
Phrase, Noun
hoi polloi
/x/
Phrase, Noun
holistic
x/x
Adjective
huge
/
Adjective
inclusive
x/x
Adjective
indiscriminate
xx/xx
Adjective
induction
x/x
Noun
influx
/x
Noun
inhibition
xx/x
Noun
intensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
interaction
xx/x
Noun
interference
xx/x
Noun, Verb
irradiation
xxx/x
Noun
laity
/xx
Noun
land
/
Noun, Verb
landmass
/x
Noun
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
liberation
xx/x
Noun
libyan
/xx
Adjective, Name
liquidation
xx/x
Noun
load
/
Noun, Verb
longshore
/x
Noun, Adjective
loss
/
Noun, Verb
lot
/
Noun, Verb
lump
/
Noun, Verb
maas
/
Name
mace
/
Noun, Verb
mainstream
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
majority
x/xx
Noun
many
/x
Adjective, Noun
masa
/x
Noun
massachusetts
xx/x
Name
massacre
/xx
Noun, Verb
massage
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Noun, Verb
masse
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Noun