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extinction

noun as in dying out

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This speed is essential, as many marine species face extinction due to human-driven biodiversity loss before scientists even learn they exist.

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Beavers in the UK were hunted to extinction in the 16th Century, mainly for their furs.

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"And we want to honour it so that it doesn't go into extinction."

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“It will lead to lower revenues for counties, it will impact jobs and it will put the spotted owl on a trajectory towards extinction.”

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Almost half of Indigenous communities living cut off from the world face extinction within the decade due to logging, mining and tourism, the NGO Survival International warned Monday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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