Done
Done adjective - Brought or having come to an end.
Usage example: the demanding job was finally done
Extinct
Extinct adjective - No longer existing.
Usage example: a few overgrown ruins are all that remain of that once mighty but now extinct civilization
Done and extinct are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Done" instead an adjective "Extinct".
Nearby Word: extinction
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Piers Anthony's novella The Barn was a similar concept, done marginally better: Most mammal species had become extinct.
Source: Im A Humanitarian / Literature - In Eva by Peter Dickinson, just about everything is done by machines, various animal species have gone extinct, and humanity has basically gotten bored with living.
Source: Apocalypse How / Class 3b -
If it hadn't been done, humanity wouldn't have lasted long enough to become nearly extinct in ''Halo 3''.
Source: Franchise / Halo
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