Associations to the word «Extinguishing»
Noun
- Firefighter
- Blaze
- Flame
- Candle
- Fireman
- Lamp
- Taper
- Torch
- Spark
- Fire
- Wildfire
- Wick
- Lantern
- Ember
- Deluge
- Tilly
- Bucket
- Innkeeper
- Animosity
- Aboriginal
- Foam
- Burn
- Light
- Fuse
- Cigarette
- Hearth
- Embrace
- Quarantine
- Hose
- Gust
- Darkness
- Endeavour
- Dioxide
- Bosom
- Suppression
- Smoke
- Arc
- Falsehood
- Nirvana
- Coolness
- Glimmer
- Extinction
- Patriotism
- Vapour
- Conceit
- Glow
- Gallon
- Parchment
- Magnesium
- Thirst
- Explosive
- Explosion
- Powder
- Malice
- Contingency
- Lucifer
- Annum
- Transvaal
- Vapor
- Radiance
- Resentment
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
EXTINGUISH, verb. (transitive) to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench
EXTINGUISH, verb. (transitive) to destroy or abolish something
EXTINGUISH, verb. (transitive) to obscure or eclipse something
EXTINGUISH, verb. (transitive) (psychology) to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex
EXTINGUISH, verb. (transitive) (literally) to hunt down (a species) to extinction
Dictionary definition
EXTINGUISH, verb. Put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children".
EXTINGUISH, verb. Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles".
EXTINGUISH, verb. Extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar".
EXTINGUISH, verb. Terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts".
EXTINGUISH, verb. Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population".
Wise words
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