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121extinction — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Extinguishment] Syn. quenching, drowning, putting out, blotting out, darkening, snuffing, turning out, turning off, smothering, stifling, dousing. 2. [Annihilation] Syn. abolition, extermination, extirpation, dying out; see… …
122Extinction — Auslöschung …
123extinction — ex tinc·tion || kʃn n. extinguishment; annihilation, total destruction …
124extinction — noun 1》 the state or process of being or becoming extinct. 2》 Physics reduction to zero of the intensity of light or other radiation passing through a medium, due to absorption, reflection, or scattering …
125extinction — n. 1. Extinguishment. 2. Destruction, annihilation, extirpation, extermination, excision, abolition, abolishment …
126extinction — n 1. coming to an end, terminating, dying out; death, nonexistence, nonsurvival. 2. annihilation, extermination, eradication, extirpation, obliteration, destruction …
127extinction — ex·tinc·tion …
128extinction — n. (in psychology) the weakening of a conditioned reflex that takes place if it is not maintained by reinforcement. This is used as a method of treatment when undesirable behaviour (e.g. destructiveness) is reduced simply by withdrawing whatever… …
