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| climate change |
any significant change in Earth's climate capable of causing cataclysmic events such as the mass extinction of species. [1/2 definitions] |
| dissolution |
death; extinction. [1/5 definitions] |
| endangered |
threatened with extinction, as a species of life. [1/2 definitions] |
| gorilla |
a very large ape that lives in African forests. Gorillas are the largest of the primates. Male gorillas living in zoos can weigh as much as six hundred pounds. All gorillas living in the wild are in danger of extinction. |
| moribund |
near death or extinction; dying. [1/2 definitions] |
| Purim |
a Jewish spring holiday that commemorates the saving from extinction of the ancient Persian Jewish community, as related in the Old Testament. |
| quietism |
a form of religious mysticism based on passive contemplation and the extinction of one's will. [1/2 definitions] |
| self-extinction |
combined form of extinction. |
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