Extinguish
[ɪk'stɪŋgwɪʃ;ek-] or [ɪk'stɪŋɡwɪʃ]
Definition
(verb.) terminate, end, or take out; 'Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics'; 'Socialism extinguished these archaic customs'; 'eliminate my debts'.
Edited by Dwight--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
(v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
Typed by Dave
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Quench, put out.[2]. Destroy, suppress.
Checked by Dale
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Abolish, destroy, extirpate, eradicate, kill, quench, annihilate, put_out
ANT:Implant, replenish, cherish, promote, invigorate, propagate, establish,confirm, secure
Typed by Jennifer
Definition
v.t. to quench: to destroy annihilate: to obscure by superior splendour.—v.i. to die out.—adj. Exting′uishable.—ns. Exting′uisher one who or that which extinguishes: a small hollow conical instrument for putting out a candle—also in Fr. form Extincteur; Exting′uishment the act of extinguishing: (law) putting an end to a right by consolidation or union.
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Examples
- When this crack closes no smoke can reach them, and if we hasten to extinguish the flames I believe they will be safe. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In that hour I should die, and at once satisfy and extinguish his malice. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Little did I then expect the calamity that was in a few moments to overwhelm me, and extinguish in horror and despair all fear of ignominy or death. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Gramercy for the few drops of thy sprinkling, replied De Bracy; but this damsel hath wept enough to extinguish a beacon-light. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Play fair, Teddy, or I'll never believe you again, she said, trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up at a word of encouragement. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Our troops were directed to extinguish the flames, which they finally succeeded in doing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The gas first evaporating is nitrogen, and a lighted match applied to the surface of the liquid is quickly extinguished, since nitrogen does not support combustion. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On returning to the dining-room she found it all dark, Miss Keeldar having extinguished the candle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The gaping wound of my wrongs, too, was now quite healed; and the flame of resentment extinguished. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The lamps and candles were all extinguished, when Elliston threw himself along the benches in the pit. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Just at my bedside, the figure stopped: the fiery eyes glared upon me--she thrust up her candle close to my face, and extinguished it under my eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The air of the room is almost bad enough to have extinguished it if he had not. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Some worked as well, but none any better, than common salt in extinguishing fire. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The liquid extinguishing agent has seen little change since 1907. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A vapor seemed to spread in all directions from where the salt solution struck the board, extinguishing the flame as it went. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Devices for extinguishing fire are almost coeval with that element itself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I abstained from speaking to her for some time, but just before extinguishing the light, I recommended her to lie down. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was then certain that the extinguishing power was in the solution itself. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- When the great orb of day disappears beneath the horizon the effect is precisely as that of the extinguishing of a single lamp within a chamber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It extinguishes electrical fires without injuring insulation or apparatus and without injury to the operator. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He knocks, receives no answer, opens it, and accidentally extinguishes his candle in doing so. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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