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extinctive

[ik-stingk-tiv]

adjective

tending or serving to extinguish.

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Nearby words

  1. exterritorial,
  2. exterritoriality,
  3. extima,
  4. extinct,
  5. extinction,
  6. extine,
  7. extinguish,
  8. extinguishant,
  9. extinguisher,
  10. extirpate

Origin of extinctive

First recorded in 1590–1600; extinct + -ive
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British Dictionary definitions for extinctive

extinctive

adjective

tending or serving to extinguish or make extinct
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