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extinct

(/I/k'st/I//N/kt )

no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives(adj.all)

Example:
An extinct species of fish.
An extinct royal family.
Extinct laws and customs.

Synonym:
nonextant
Antonym:
extant

source: wordnet30
(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive(adj.all)

Example:
An extinct volcano.

Antonym:
active

source: wordnet30
Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.(adjective)

source: webster1913

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