Ancient and Extinct

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Ancient adjective - Dating or surviving from the distant past.

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Extinct and ancient are semantically related in preceding topic. In some cases you can use "Extinct" instead an adjective "Ancient".

Nearby Word: anciently

Extinct adjective - No longer existing.

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Ancient and extinct are semantically related in preceding topic. Sometimes you can use "Ancient" instead an adjective "Extinct".

Nearby Word: extinction

Lost Superweapon: The ancient civilizations of the galaxy had a penchant for building superweapons, then going extinct (or going elsewhere).

Source: Literature / Humanx Commonwealth
Their world-spanning civilization is gone, their ancient culture almost completely extinct.

Source: Enslaved Elves
Banks' Consider Phlebas has a Planet of the Dead, on which has ancient, subterranean three-story miles-long trains that were used as mobile command centers by the extinct builders.

Source: Cool Train

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