Hyphenation of extinct

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word extinct? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ex-tinct

Definitions of extinct:

1.	No longer in existence Lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives An extinct species of fish An extinct royal family Extinct laws and customs
2.	(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive An extinct volcano
3.	Being out or having grown cold Threw his extinct cigarette into the stream The fire is out

Synonyms of extinct:

adj	extinct, nonextant, dead, nonexistent
adj	extinct, inactive, dead
adj	out, dead

Last hyphenations of this language

discern self-reliance Mikir superinclusive papillomata ramular hyloist Palo dishevelled B-girl undeveloped liquefied defense disordered pissant oval Aeschylean disjoining stomachic

Hyphenator

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