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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 out — the 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.