near extinction

collocation in English

meaningsofnearandextinction

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near
adjective[before noun]
uk
/nɪər/us
/nɪr/
not far away in distance, time, characteristics, ...
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extinction
noun[U]
uk
/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a situation in which something no ...
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Finally, perhaps of less practical interest: what is the ultimate behaviournearextinction?
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Designed to conserve fish stocks, this misbegotten scheme has reduced some species tonearextinction.
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We have seen thenearextinctionof the steel, cotton, textile and machine tool industries, and so it goes on.
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The red kite, widespread in the 19th century, was almost reduced tonearextinctionby persecution.
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There has been thenearextinctionof the blue whale, a 160-tonne mammal which is so big that an elephant could stand on its tongue.
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Any administration which was responsible for the extinction or thenearextinctionof a rare bird would have a lot to answer for to the electorate of this country.
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Crocodiles, hunted tonearextinctionnear the lakes, are scarce.
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Her modifications to the defense code propagate throughout the fleet, effectively disarming it, and the massive attacks begin, resulting in thenearextinctionof humankind.
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Loss of habitat, disease, and over-hunting steadily reduced the herds through the 19th century to the point ofnearextinction.
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The migrating herds of buffalo were hunted tonearextinction.
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Habitat destruction from homesteaders breaking the land combined with hunting practices brought the huge population tonearextinction.
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The former owners of these misused, over-worked horses had no idea of the ancient breeds'nearextinction!
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In the early 1900s, the species had declined tonearextinction.
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Fromnearextinction, the cause of the disinherited was now revived; but it needed direction and focus.
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Intensive hunting is driving species tonearextinction.
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The small gene pool of this breed is owing to itsnearextinction.
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Subsequently, and before the massive deployment of industries and housing, sector has been gradually receding tonearextinction.
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However, they were hunted tonearextinction, leaving fewer than 100 individuals by the 1930s.
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