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extinguish English

Meaning extinguish meaning

What does extinguish mean?
Definitions in simple English

extinguish Verb

— If you extinguish a fire, you stop the fire. He used a wet rag to extinguish the fire. — If you extinguish something, you destroy or abolish it. His dream of becoming a pilot was extinguished after he had a car accident which left him paralysed.

extinguish

— verb (= snuff out) put an end to; kill The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children — verb (= eliminate) terminate, end, or take out Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics Socialism extinguished these archaic customs eliminate my debts — verb (= wipe out) kill in large numbers the plague wiped out an entire population — verb (= stub out) extinguish by crushing stub out your cigar — verb (= snuff out, quench) 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

Synonyms extinguish synonyms

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extinguish English » English

put out quench eliminate kill destroy wipe out turn off snuff out blow out annihilate erase eradicate switch off stub exterminate douse get rid of decimate slake put out a fire obliterate go out do away with die out delete carry off turn out stub out stifle snuff shut off press out extinction expunge efface darken crush out blot out EXTING zap waste vanish turn down suppress suffocate stop stay stamp out squander spoil

Topics extinguish topics

What do people use extinguish to talk about?
Daily life Fire

Extinguish a fire

Conjugation extinguish conjugation

How do you conjugate extinguish?

extinguish · verb

Examples extinguish examples

How do I use extinguish in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The fireman could not extinguish the flames.
They worked together to extinguish the fire.
Tom helped to extinguish the fire.
The two aims of the Party are to conquer the whole surface of the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of independent thought.
Tom helped us extinguish the fire.
Don't forget to extinguish your cigarette.
Waves extinguish a wind.

Movie subtitles

The fire department courageously tried to extinguish those flames but overwhelming numbers fought them back.
A servant forgets to extinguish a stove and someone suffocates.
Sheriff, would you extinguish the lights?
He is about to extinguish his conflagration in a sea of blood.
She's got the fire within, but the soda won't extinguish it!
Should we then, extinguish our lights and crawl into darkness, with him?
Absolute silence from this moment on, extinguish all lights and cigarettes.
Do kindly extinguish it.
I want to extinguish every last light in the world, or gouge out all of humanity's eyes.
If we tamper without knowing where the trigger relay is we could extinguish ourselves.
Even those who don't burn or extinguish should be packed and thrown into the sea.
It's this light which Thea and me let us try to extinguish.
Extinguish all cigarettes.
Would you please extinguish your cigarettes?
If you shoot me, you will effectively extinguish the last hope of humanity.
But I was the first one trying to put the fire out. Me and my son. He was killed while trying to extinguish it.
You have made me realize that we can't extinguish a debt, which one took on oneself.
In order to test the light bomb, we will need to extinguish every light in the entire city.
And for that you extinguish four souls?
If you shatter that torch, you will extinguish wisdom that for centuries enlightens Egypt and the world.
Yes, if you extinguish it.
Extinguish that fire and get out of here.
Work will soon extinguish the fire.
Extinguish the candles!
Extinguish the fire and let's go.
We'll burn your body now and extinguish the stake by the wine!
Will you please extinguish your cigarettes?
In fact this idea became his final motivation. From that day he decided. he should get rid of himself, to use that emergency exit to extinguish his daily suffering.
Extinguish the fire.
The subsequent placings extinguish spiritual life and should radiate outward.
This rain of death which the Zeons pour upon us, will it extinguish the flame of liberty, my people?
His Grace woke up, and succeeded in freeing himself from the dying woman. But he was unable to extinguish the flames that now were engulfing him.
I told that you mustn't extinguish love with water.
Extinguish the fire!

News and current affairs

Japan plus Russia plus India, with the US lending a helpful hand, would not only extinguish any prospect of a Sino-centric Asia, but would create the ultimate strategic nightmare for China.
My death does not extinguish my debt, reasons the sensible citizen.
But trying to address deep-rooted popular grievances with flowery language and a bouquet of subsidies is like trying to extinguish a forest fire with a water pistol.
When asked to extinguish electric lights, most people around the world would turn to candlelight instead.
Generals have promised an extended campaign to extinguish the terrorist threat, bringing in heavy armor and firing missiles at training camps to back up their pledge.
War has forged a new patriotism that peace will not extinguish.

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