Construction and Extinction

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Construction

Construction noun - Something put together by arranging or connecting an array of parts.
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Extinction is an antonym for construction.
Nearby Words: construct, constitution, constructed, constructive, constructing

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
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Construction is an antonym for extinction.
Nearby Word: extinct
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human human construction human extinction
similar similar construction similar extinction
complete complete construction complete extinction
actual actual construction actual extinction
Other adjectives: entire, bad, quick, major, impending, recent.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri aka: Alpha Centauri In a last attempt to save Humanity from extinction, the United Nations ordered the construction of a massive spaceship, the UNS Unity.
    Source: Video Game / Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri aka: Alpha Centauri
  • Colony Drop In the recent film incarnation of Wells' The Time Machine, the extinction of most of humanity, leading to the Eloi and Morlocks evolving, is caused by lunar colony construction causing the moon to break apart.
    Source: Colony Drop
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