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Synonyms for extinction
The synonym for extinction recorded in this bank is quenching, in the sense "the act of extinguishing". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for extinction
- quenchingnoun, in the sense "the act of extinguishing"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day extinction is audited in a second meaning.
the act of extinguishing
The extinction of the lights.
The true synonym
quenching
Same sentence, swapped: The quenching of the lights.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for extinction in the sentence quoted.
- extermination
- withdrawal
- breakup
Where extinction turns up in the game
extinction is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where extinction is the trap
- partingnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is leave, in the sense "the act of departing politely", and extinction is on the board beside it.
Play extinction
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so extinction reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company extinction keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. extinction carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.