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extinction

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of extinction

the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless

the stateʼs population of moose has been replenished, having once been hunted almost to extinction

Synonyms of extinction

annihilation, decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, destruction, devastation, extermination, havoc, loss, mincemeat, obliteration, ruin, ruination, wastage, wreckage

Words Related to extinction

depredation, despoilment, despoliation

breakup, collapse, disintegration, dissolution

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter

dismantlement, effacement, eradication

Near Antonyms of extinction

rescue, salvage, salvation, saving

conservation, preservation, protection

reclamation, reconstruction, re-creation, refurbishment, regeneracy, remodeling, renovation, restoration

Antonyms of extinction

building, construction, erection, raising

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