Associations to the word «Extinguishing»
Noun
- Breaker
- Stove
- Sensibility
- Debt
- Slavery
- Ash
- Blow
- Crush
- Oxygen
- Compassion
- Courage
- Boiler
- Pump
- Crew
- Lease
- Dump
- Zeal
- Avoidance
- Rain
- Sancho
- Vortex
- Discharge
- Blast
- Affection
- Wrath
- Rescue
- Lighting
- Stimulus
- Attempt
- Appliance
- Titus
- Obligation
- Sentiment
- Effort
- Sudden
- Gloom
- Hope
- Passion
- Desire
- Precaution
- Ers
- Gas
- Tarzan
- Mortal
- Oil
- Water
- Damage
- Attendant
- Heresy
- Sooner
- Defiance
- Virtue
- Midst
- Claim
- Subscription
- Rights
- Protester
- Payment
- Remove
Adjective
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
Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow,
the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.