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Extinction
- noun - a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
- complete annihilation; "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
- no longer active; extinguished; "the extinction of the volcano"
- no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"
- the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
- the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
Extinguish
- verb - extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
- kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
- put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
- terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
Extra Time
- noun - playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
Extracting
- verb - calculate the root of a number
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
- extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound"
- get despite difficulties or obstacles; "I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions"
- obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
- separate (a metal) from an ore
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Extraction
- noun - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
- the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
- the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
Extractive
- - Capable of being extracted.
Extraneity
- - State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness.
Extroitive
- - Seeking or going out after external objects.
Extruction
- - A building up; construction.