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extinguishing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | extinction, quenching |
| Type of | conclusion, ending, termination |
| Derivation | extinguish |
Examples of extinguishing
extinguishing
Instead, they fell at Bethel Park, 44-30, extinguishing their postseason dreams.
From the post-gazette.com
Like extinguishing a fire with gas, only to immediately have it whip up farther.
From the economist.com
Extinguishing a fire amounts to a frustrating, expensive version of whack-a-mole.
From the time.com
And extinguishing this little life will be a memory even more deeply seared in.
From the economist.com
But I've realized that crying helps a lot in extinguishing emotion and anxiety.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
The first is by extinguishing the light of scripture through misinterpretation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Murray and Henman were given the poison chalice of extinguishing 80 years of hurt.
From the independent.co.uk
That method of extinguishing a team's playoff hopes can be excruciatingly painful.
From the jsonline.com
Firefighters are then seen extinguishing the flames that engulfed the vehicle.
From the expressandstar.com
- Snuff out: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
- Snuff out: 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"
- Stub out: extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
- Terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
- Eliminate: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
- (extinguished) of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement
- (extinguishing) extinction: the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
- A fire extinguisher is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control small fires, often in emergency situations. It is not intended for use on an out-of-control fire, such as one which has reached the ceiling, endangers the user (i.e. ...
- To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench; to destroy or abolish something; to obscure or eclipse something; to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex; to hunt down (a species) to extinction
