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Extinct

/ɪˈkstɪŋkt/
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(adj) Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.

Dinosaurs are now extinct.
Many animals that lived thousands of years ago are now extinct.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The dodo is a flightless bird half the size of a man that has been ____ for hundreds of years.

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