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extinctor

noun

Etymology

From extinct + -or.

  1. derived from *stengʷ-✻ — “to push”
  2. derived from extīnctus
  3. inherited from extinct — “eliminated, eradicated, extinguished”
  4. suffixed as extinctor — “extinct + or”

Definitions

  1. A cause of extinction.

    • […] can be extrapolated robustly to the energy scales of civilization-ending impacts and perhaps even to mass extinctors.

  2. An extinguisher.

    • These chemical extinctors are of all sizes; they range from small bottles upward, to large double-tank machines, and drawn by horses.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA