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Noun extinguishing has 1 sense
- extinction, extinguishing, quenching - the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
--1 is a kind of termination, ending, conclusion
Verb extinguish has 4 senses
- snuff out, extinguish - put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
--1 is one way to eliminate, get rid of, do away with
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- snuff out, blow out, extinguish, 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"
Antonyms: ignite, light
Sample sentences:
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- stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out - extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
--3 is one way to end, terminate
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- eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
--4 is one way to kill
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