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extinctor
extinctor
English
Noun
extinctor (plural extinctors)
- A cause of extinction.
- 2002, Christian Koeberl, Kenneth G. MacLeod, Catastrophic Events and Mass Extinctions: Impacts and Beyond
- […] can be extrapolated robustly to the energy scales of civilization-ending impacts and perhaps even to mass extinctors.
- 2002, Christian Koeberl, Kenneth G. MacLeod, Catastrophic Events and Mass Extinctions: Impacts and Beyond
- (dated) An extinguisher.
- 1899, Frederic Morell Holmes, Firemen and their exploits (page 136)
- These chemical extinctors are of all sizes; they range from small bottles upward, to large double-tank machines, and drawn by horses.
- 1899, Frederic Morell Holmes, Firemen and their exploits (page 136)