ゼツメツ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. extinction; extermination
2. eradication; stamping out; wiping out
Pitch accent
ツメツ
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
extinct species
mass extinction; extinction event
Examples (17 in total)
Extinction is a part of evolution.
Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.
Unless whales are protected, they will become extinct.