ぜつめつ
Meanings
Noun
1. 死に絶えること。すっかり滅ぶこと。全ての当該種が消滅すること。
自動詞
2. 無くすこと。残らず消滅させること。個数をゼロにすること。
他動詞
Kanji used
cut off
perish
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
threatened (species); endangered
Examples (17 in total)
Extinction is a part of evolution.
Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.
Unless whales are protected, they will become extinct.