6 sentences with 'extinction'
Example sentences and phrases with the word extinction and other words derived from it.
• « The Northern Crusades were, in some ways, as important as the crusades to the Holy Land in that they were responsible for the extinction of the last remnants of paganism in Europe - it actually disappeared by the end of the 14th century in Lithuania, Estonia and Livonia - and for the conquest of a large territory that would one day be a fundamental part of Germany itself: Prussia. »
• « Hitler was obsessed with the idea that the German race was on the verge of extinction, tricked into accepting un-German concepts like democracy or communism and foolishly mixing with lesser races. Behind all this were, he believed, the Jews. »
• « Both sides (US and USSR) had huge nuclear arsenals in the 1960s that would have guaranteed that a "hot" war would almost certainly see unprecedented destruction, up to and including the real possibility of the extinction of the human species (the US Government invented a memorable phrase for this known as M.A.D.: Mutually Assured Destruction). »
• « Nearly 360 kilometres of river are totally polluted, with all its fauna extinct or on the way to extinction. But these disturbances can have global consequences if they are not reversed, as this is not just a localised problem. »
• « But almost like a boomerang, the timber harvesters themselves can be put out of work. One of the most sought-after trees - the Virola Surinamensis - is on the verge of extinction in the eastern Amazon, a victim of indiscriminate predation. »
• « A huge part of the blame for the toads' extinction lies with the motorway builders. It happens that the toads go to spawn in small puddles that are usually located on the other side of motorways. »