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Extinct

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ɪkˈstɪŋkt

Definitions

Synonym of extinction (“the action of becoming or making extinct; annihilation”).

obsolete, transitive, uncountable

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Examples

“[W]ho is he […] as vvould not euen in the glas of Lucreſias perſeuerãce (euẽ to the vttermoſt extinct of life) ſe the vvõder of bevvty, matched vvith the indiuiduat adiũt vnſoyled conſtancy.”

[W]ho is he […] as would not even in the glass of Lucretia’s perseverance (even to the uttermost extinction of life) see the wonder of beauty, matched with the individuate adjunct unsoiled constancy.

“[W]ee have cauſe to feare the loſſe of our Kingdome, and you the extinct of the Engliſh nations renovvne; […]”

CEFR level

C2
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