Collocations for "extinct"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "extinct" in context.
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extinct
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- caused the [dinosaurs] to go extinct
- the [dinosaurs] went extinct [65 million] years ago
- will be extinct by [2020]
- are in danger of going extinct
- are on the brink of going extinct
- have been extinct for [65 million] years
- extinct species of
- extinct [reptiles, mammals, birds]
- the fossils of an extinct [reptile]
- an extinct [reptile] that lived [10 million] years ago
- the [fossil, bones, print] of a type of extinct [reptile]
- or they will go extinct
- went extinct because
- [spotted, found, saw] a [bird] that was thought to be extinct
- was thought to be extinct until
- are going extinct
- became extinct [following, due to]
- an extinct volcano
- the language is extinct
'extinct' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):