Extinction: alternatives and connections

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the na…

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The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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of Condition

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The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.

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of End

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Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

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The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

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The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.

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Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.

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The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…

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of Scatter

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

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

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The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds fro…

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of Extinguish

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of Quench

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