Ancient and Defunct

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Ancient adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.

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Defunct and ancient are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defunct" instead an adjective "Ancient".

Nearby Word: anciently

Defunct adjective - No longer existing.

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Ancient and defunct are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancient" instead an adjective "Defunct".

Scaphism is an ancient and, thankfully, defunct method of execution that is long, torturous, and EXTREMELY nauseating.

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Other
In a fairly realistic fashion, the Greyhawk campaign setting actually has several calendars, most of which are associated with ancient and now-defunct civilizations.

Source: Hit So Hard the Calendar Felt It
Light Is Not Good: The ancient, defunct Suel Imperium, whose humans were fair-skinned and -haired, was clearly more wicked than its enemy the Baklunish Empire.

Source: Tabletop Game / Greyhawk

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