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Extinct

Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.

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Dead 84% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Dead 84% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Dead 66% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dead 66% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extinction 66% connected

The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extinction 66% connected

The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Out 92% connected

In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation wh…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Active 94% connected

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Active 94% connected

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extant 94% connected

Standing out or above any surface; protruded.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extant 94% connected

Standing out or above any surface; protruded.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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