to extinguish
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5.5
- verb
- /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/
- So let's look at the mode by which sound is being extinguished for each of them.
- extinguish those rights
- extinguishing sick-role behaviors
- extinguish aboriginal title
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- He thinks if we use bed Nets, we can extinguish malaria.
- And this year the question was what scientific idea should be extinguished as fast as possible?
- It's a fantasy, but actually in reality that extinguishes desire.
- And all of them understood that, you know, coming, you know, the the the project was to extinguish slavery one way or another.
- And I think one really important thing that's possible when you're conscious is to fear the extinguishing of that consciousness, the fear of mortality.
- That walls, a sea, people traffickers, all of the things that could get in their way are not enough to extinguish that sense and that need to want to better yourself.
- Even the second Nobel Prize didn't extinguish Marie Curie's passion, Albert Einstein said of his close friend Marie Curie.
- But the reality is if you don't fully extinguish the debate and you just take a one side, then Community Notes actually looks like it's partisan.
- So, and so the, the action extinguishes that.
- But then when it doesn't work, it extinguishes because these people do not have confidence, they do not have staying power.
- So I think I wish I my mission was extinguished within the next couple of years because society started sleeping wonderfully well.
Examples
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Within a short time, the old-timers had extinguished the fire and saved the secret formulas.
Fiction book (2002) -
The campaign aimed to extinguish any remaining prejudice in the community.
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Now, with my father no longer here to lead us, the evil is with those who will extinguish the light of truth.
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You seek to end the line of the Prophet and extinguish the light of God?
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And this year the question was what scientific idea should be extinguished as fast as possible?
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And I swear by those who have given their lives that I will extinguish this blight and send it back to hell.
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She was taken from us far too soon, but her light that was the gift to all who knew her can never be extinguished.
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The Constitution was adequate to the task of eventually extinguishing slavery even where it already existed in the Union.
Academic text (1999) -
Their innocence was extinguished.
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Efforts to extinguish the cultural practices of the indigenous people have proven unsuccessful.
Synonyms
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1.5
To move something or someone away from a place
∞
1.6
To remove or throw away something you do not want
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3.4
Remove or kill something completely so it is gone
440
3.6
To stop or come to an end
355
2.2
Remove all traces of something from memory or history
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4.2
Destroy something so nothing is left
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4.1
Deal with and finish a problem or task so it no longer causes trouble
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4.1
To officially end a law, system, or practice
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3.7
Remove something so it is no longer used
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6.6
Remove something harmful completely, for example a disease or pest
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7.5
To destroy something completely so nothing remains
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6.3
To remove unwanted substances, things, or people by cleaning
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6.9
To destroy something completely, often on purpose
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3.0
To end something so it no longer happens
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6.1
Make a thought or feeling go away so it stops bothering you
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7.7
Put an end to something or to someone's life
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6.8
To make something lose its effect or value
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8.8
To remove all signs of something like a record or memory so it cannot be found
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4.2
To stop something completely using strong action
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3.6
Remove people completely from a place or group because they are unwanted
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8.1
To remove something so it is no longer visible or remembered
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9.9
To destroy something completely, including its root
To destroy or carry something away completely, for example by water
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Etymology
Extinguish comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and stinguere 'to put out'. That idea of 'putting out' makes sense for ideas, customs, or debts: to extinguish something is to end it completely or remove it.