Definition of Extinction

Expostulation

EXTINCTION noun

	The raw material out of which theology created the future state.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Fairy

Regular definition:

EXTINCTION:
?ks?t??k??n n. 1 the act of making extinct; the state of being or process of becoming extinct. 2 the act of extinguishing; the state of being extinguished. 3 total destruction or annihilation. 4 the wiping out of a debt. 5 Physics a reduction in the intensity of radiation by absorption, scattering, etc. øøextinctive adj. [L extinctio (as EXTINCT)]

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