extinctive

[ik-stingk-tiv]

adjective

1. tending or serving to extinguish.

extinctive

/ ɪkˈstɪŋktɪv /

adjective

1. tending or serving to extinguish or make extinct

Word History and Origins

Origin of extinctive¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; extinct + -ive

Example Sentences

The Gods and Jötuns, the divine Powers and the chaotic brute ones, after long contest and partial victory by the former, meet at last in universal world-embracing wrestle and duel; World-serpent against Thor, strength against strength; mutually extinctive; and ruin, ‘twilight’ sinking into darkness, swallows the created Universe.

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The Gods and Jotuns, the divine Powers and the chaotic brute ones, after long contest and partial victory by the former, meet at last in universal world-embracing wrestle and duel; World-serpent against Thor, strength against strength; mutually extinctive; and ruin, "twilight" sinking into darkness, swallows the created Universe.

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