ぜつめつ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. extinction; extermination
2. eradication; stamping out; wiping out
Kanji used
cut off
perish
Pitch accent
つめつ
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Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
threatened (species); endangered
mass extinction; extinction event
extinction event; mass extinction
Extinct in the Wild (conservation status); EW
endangerment (of a species)
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.