Extinction vs. Extirpation

Extinctionnoun

The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.

Extinctionnoun

(astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.

Extinctionnoun

(pathology) The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.

Extinctionnoun

(psychology) The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.

Extinctionnoun

The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

Extinctionnoun

State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.

Extinctionnoun

The ceasing to exist of a species of living organism, such as a plant or animal, whose numbers declined to the point where the last member of the species died and therefore no new members of the species could ever again be born.

Extinctionnoun

no longer in existence;

Extinctionnoun

no longer active; extinguished;

Extinctionnoun

the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation

Extinctionnoun

complete annihilation;

Extinctionnoun

a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus

Extinctionnoun

the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning;

Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point.

Extirpationnoun

The act of extirpating or uprooting.

Extirpationnoun

The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.

Extirpationnoun

surgical removal of a body part or tissue

Extirpationnoun

the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence