Crossword clues for extinguishing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Extinguish \Ex*tin"guish\ ([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extinguished([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sht); p pr. & vb. n. Extinguishing.] [L. extinguere, exstinguere; ex out + stinguere to quench. See Distinguish, Finish.]
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To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish.
--Prescott.This extinguishes my right to the reversion.
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To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
Natural graces that extinguish art.
--Shak .
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of extinguish English)
WordNet
n. the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" [syn: extinction, quenching]
Usage examples of "extinguishing".
The sultan followed his guide, invested the house with his guards, and extinguishing the torches, pronounced the death of the criminal, who had been seized in the act of rapine and adultery.
The look on her face ate at him, the abrupt embarrassment, the sudden extinguishing of the light in her eyes as she fumbled with her clothing in an attempt to cover herself.
It ate at her day and night, taking away her joy in living and extinguishing the light in her eyes.
Victoria was half-frozen and wobbling with exhaustion as she left the barn after extinguishing the lantern.
It would have been like extinguishing a bright flame, leaving them in darkness.
Grace dropped the candle and it rolled away, its fragile flame glinting on the sword in his hand, wavering, almost extinguishing before flaring to renewed life.
It would be a crusade, a glorious march of the dead, folding the wings of Night around every spark of life and hope, and extinguishing it for ever.
Well, I intend to be extremely thorough extinguishing your life unless I know where she went.
Hoses snaked away from large tenders, trailing down from mechanoids that were scampering across the vertical walls of the skyscraper, extinguishing the last of the fires.
They began extinguishing lights, I suppose because their eyes were more suited to darkness than ours.
The fire over the black castle continued, its terrible flames extinguishing the stars, but it shrank slowly.
After a few moments Shrub fetched a bucket of water and timidly set about extinguishing the several small fires the explosion had started, while two of the older stable boys began calming down the surviving horses.
After extinguishing the lantern he made his way thoughtfully back up the stairs.
Here, also, they soon succeeded in extinguishing the fire in the same manner.