Building
Building noun - Something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity.
Extinction is an antonym for building.
Extinction
Extinction noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.
Usage example: the state's population of moose has been replenished, having once been hunted almost to extinction
Building is an antonym for extinction.
Nearby Word: extinct
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Bolivar Trask's goal in building the Sentinels is to prevent the extinction of Homo sapiens by Homo superior.
Source: Beware the Superman - It has also been speculated that Mulder's dream-within-a-dream in "The Sixth Extinction: Amor Fati" of a little boy on a beach building a sand space ship with him is prophetic of baby William.
Source: Dreaming of Things to Come -
In Transformers: Age of Extinction, Savoy falls to his death out of a Hong Kong apartment building window after Cade throws a football at him.
Source: Disney Villain Death
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Extinction and Building. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/building/extinction
Building & Extinction. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/building/extinction>.
Extinction or Building. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/building/extinction.
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