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extinctive

adj

Etymology

From extinct + -ive.

  1. derived from *stengʷ-✻ — “to push”
  2. derived from extīnctus
  3. inherited from extinct — “eliminated, eradicated, extinguished”
  4. suffixed as extinctive — “extinct + ive”

Definitions

  1. Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.

    • Even with mild degrees of anxiety the ineffectiveness of the extinctive mechanism is striking.

The neighborhood

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