make sth extinct
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To cause something to become extinct.
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- Human activities can make species extinct within decades.
- Climate change might make polar bears extinct in the wild.
- Overhunting will make these animals extinct if we don't act now.
- Deforestation could make countless species extinct forever.
- Pollution has the power to make entire ecosystems extinct.
- We must prevent habitat destruction from making more species extinct.
- Industrial development threatens to make local wildlife extinct.
- Ocean acidification may make coral species extinct.
- Invasive species can make native plants extinct in their own habitat.
- Without conservation efforts, we'll make tigers extinct in our lifetime.