Collapse
Collapse noun - A complete depletion of energy or strength.
Extinction and collapse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extinction" instead a noun "Collapse".
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
Collapse and extinction are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collapse" instead a noun "Extinction".
Nearby Word: extinct
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- defeat and collapse
- defeat and extinction
- decline and collapse
- decline and extinction
- end and collapse
- end and extinction
- destruction and collapse
- destruction and extinction
- ruin and collapse
- ruin and extinction
- demise and collapse
- demise and extinction
- dissolution and collapse
- dissolution and extinction
How words are described
| mass | mass collapse | mass extinction |
| complete | complete collapse | complete extinction |
| certain | certain collapse | certain extinction |
| utter | utter collapse | utter extinction |
| Other adjectives: actual, entire, massive, great, quick, gradual, major, near, planetary, final, apparent, outright, inevitable, subsequent, impending, imminent, eventual, wide, recent, sudden, virtual, economic, global, worldwide. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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If left unchecked, according to Word of God, it would eventually result in planet-wide societal collapse and the extinction of all life due to starvation.
- Depending upon how well you (literally) play your cards, the transition to a post-oil society can be anywhere from fairly painless to resulting in biosphere collapse and the extinction of humanity.
Source: Post Peak Oil -
Unlike most examples, the Imperium is outright refusing, violently, to let the Imperium collapse into Phase 4, as that would most likely result in the extinction of humanity.
Source: The Cycle of Empires
Cite this Source
Extinction and Collapse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/collapse/extinction
Collapse & Extinction. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/collapse/extinction>.
Extinction or Collapse. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/collapse/extinction.
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