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means No longer existing, because every last member of a species or thing has died out completely.

from From Latin extinctus, past participle of extinguere, to quench or put outthe same root that snuffs your candle now buries your dinosaurs.

Extinction rateRoughly 99% of all species are gone.
De-extinctionScientists now attempt resurrecting lost species genetically.
Functionally extinctAlive in name, too few to recover.
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