Extinct and Late

Extinct

Extinct adjective - No longer existing.

Late is a synonym for extinct in live topic. In some cases you can use "Late" instead an adjective "Extinct", when it comes to topics like property, dead.

Nearby Word: extinction

Late

Late adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Usage example: the late musical director said he would never have allowed such behavior while he was in charge

Extinct is a synonym for late in dead topic. You can use "Extinct" instead an adjective "Late", if it concerns topics such as live.

Nearby Words: lately, lateness

Both words in one sentence

  • Watch the World Die Bacteria will be the ones that will watch (or rather its bacteria equivalent) the world die... assuming they have not gone extinct before, in the already searing hot late-days Earth, that is.
  • Mysterious Antarctica The last remnants survived into the Early Cretaceous, when nearly everywhere else they had been extinct since the late Triassic.
  • In Star Trek Online, the Iconians aren't so extinct and apparently have been involved in the destruction of Romulus, and the Undine and Borg issues plaguing the Alpha quadrant as of late.
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