Extinguish
11extinguish — ex|tin|guish [ıkˈstıŋgwıʃ] v [T] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: exstinguere, from stinguere to extinguish ] 1.) to make a fire or light stop burning or shining = ↑put out ▪ Please extinguish all cigarettes. ▪ Firemen were called to… …
12extinguish — UK [ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms extinguish : present tense I/you/we/they extinguish he/she/it extinguishes present participle extinguishing past tense extinguished past participle extinguished 1) a) formal to make a fire or… …
13extinguish — extinguishable, adj. extinguishment, n. /ik sting gwish/, v.t. 1. to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle. 2. to put an end to or bring to an end; wipe out of existence;… …
14extinguish — [[t]ɪkstɪ̱ŋgwɪʃ[/t]] extinguishes, extinguishing, extinguished 1) VERB If you extinguish a fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining. [FORMAL] [V n] It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire... [V n] The lights are extinguished as… …
15extinguish — ex•tin•guish [[t]ɪkˈstɪŋ gwɪʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to cause to stop burning; put out: to extinguish a fire[/ex] 2) to put an end to or bring to an end; wipe out of existence; annihilate: to extinguish hope[/ex] 3) to obscure or eclipse, as by superior… …
16extinguish — /əkˈstɪŋgwɪʃ / (say uhk stinggwish), /ɛk / (say ek ) verb (t) 1. to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or alight). 2. to put an end to or bring to an end; wipe out of existence: to extinguish a hope; to… …
17extinguish — 1. To abolish; to quench, as a flame; to cause loss of identity; to destroy. 2. In psychology, to progressively abolish a previously conditioned response. See conditioning. [L. extinguo, to quench] * * * ex·tin·guish ik stiŋ (g)wish vt to cause… …
18extinguish — verb Extinguish is used with these nouns as the object: ↑blaze, ↑candle, ↑cigar, ↑cigarette, ↑fire, ↑flame, ↑light …
19extinguish — ex|tin|guish [ ık stıŋgwıʃ ] verb transitive 1. ) FORMAL to make a fire or cigarette stop burning. A more usual word is put out: Firemen fought for hours to extinguish the blaze. a ) FORMAL to make a light stop shining 2. ) MAINLY LITERARY to… …
20extinguish — verb (T) formal 1 to make a fire or light stop burning or shining: Please extinguish all cigarettes. 2 to destroy an idea or feeling or make it stop existing: All hope was almost extinguished …
