Alive and Extinct

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Alive

Alive adjective - Having or showing life.
Usage example: after crashing into the plate glass window the little bird was not only still alive, it seemed merely dazed
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Extinct is an antonym for alive in living topic.

Extinct

Extinct adjective - No longer existing.
Usage example: a few overgrown ruins are all that remain of that once mighty but now extinct civilization
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Antonyms for Extinct
Alive is an antonym for extinct in dead topic.
Nearby Word: extinction
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  • Also Beast Boy can only turn into real animals (either alive or extinct).
    Source: Headscratchers / Teen Titans
  • Video Game / Black Sigil This is when the party goes to Artania, where magic users are nearly extinct, and the ones still alive are considered to be evil.
    Source: Video Game / Black Sigil
  • Many believe that several "extinct" species, like the Thylacine, are still alive in small numbers.
    Source: He's Just Hiding
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