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extinct | yola |

As an adjective extinct

is (dated) extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc).

As a proper noun yola is

an extinct west germanic language formerly spoken in wexford, ireland.

extinct

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
    • Poor Edward's cigarillo was already extinct .
  • No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
  • * Luckily, such ideas about race are extinct in current sociological theory.
  • *
    • Indeed the very fact that the English spelling system
    writes in there'' as two words but ''therein'' as one word might be taken as suggest-
    ing that only the former is a productive syntactic construction in Modern
    English, the latter being a now extinct construction which has left behind a
    few fossil remnants in the form of compound words such as ''thereby     .
  • No longer in existence; having died out.
    • The dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.
  • (vulcanology) No longer actively erupting.
    • Most of the volcanos on this island are now extinct .

    Synonyms

    * dead

    Antonyms

    * (no longer alight) burning * (having died out) extant * active, dormant

    Related terms

    * extinction * extinctive * extinguish

    External links

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    yola

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US, slang, California) cocaine
  • * 1997 , Rap Pages (volume 6, issues 1-5)
    • From servin' yola and mobbin' in drop tops to gangsta tales and flat-out Westside anthems, it doesn't take much thought as to whom the target audience is...
  • * 2004 , Lil' Jon and the East Side Boyz (Jonathan Mortimer Smith), Grand Finale (rap song)
    • We yayo experts, we been whippin' the yola / Since the crackas decided to take the coke from Coca-Cola...
  • * 2006 , E-40 (Earl Stevens), White Gurl (rap song)
    • Ooh I throw the yola in the pot, let it simmer and bake / Add a li'l bakin' soda, make it foam like aftershave...
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