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Extinguishing

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Definitions for Extinguishing

noun
the act of extinguishing
Synonyms
extinction quenching
Examples
  1. causing to stop burning
  2. the extinction of the lights
verb
put an end to
Synonyms
snuff out extinguish
Examples
  1. kill
  2. The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
verb
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
Synonyms
snuff out blow out extinguish quench
Examples
  1. Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
  2. quench the flames
  3. snuff out the candles
verb
extinguish by crushing
Synonyms
stub out crush out extinguish press out
Examples
  1. stub out your cigar
verb
terminate, end, or take out
Synonyms
extinguish eliminate get rid of do away with
Examples
  1. Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
  2. Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
  3. eliminate my debts
verb
kill in large numbers
Synonyms
eliminate annihilate extinguish eradicate wipe out decimate carry off
Examples
  1. the plague wiped out an entire population

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