Usually means: Causing or relating to extinction.
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  1. extinctive: Merriam-Webster
  2. extinctive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. extinctive: Collins English Dictionary
  4. extinctive: Wordnik
  5. extinctive: Wiktionary
  6. extinctive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. extinctive: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. extinctive: Dictionary.com
  9. extinctive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.

Similar:
extinguishant, extinguished, exterminative, extirpated, eliminatory, eradicative, deletive, annihilative, eradicatory, obliterative, more...

Opposite:
extant, existing, alive, thriving, not extinct

Types:
death, killing, destruction, annihilation, extinction, more...

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Similar:
extinguishant, extinguished, exterminative, extirpated, eliminatory, eradicative, deletive, annihilative, eradicatory, obliterative, more...

Opposite:
extant, existing, alive, thriving, not extinct

Types:
death, killing, destruction, annihilation, extinction, more...



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