Definition of extinguish in English:

extinguish

verb ɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ

[with object]

1Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
扑灭，使（火，光）熄灭
firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze
为了灭火，消防员浇湿了所有东西。
Example sentencesExamples
- The fabric and wood fueled the flames while fire units worked to extinguish the blaze.
- Members of the fire service arrived and extinguished the blaze.
- By analogy, although oxygen does not cause a fire, it is impossible for fire to burn in its absence, so one extinguishes a blaze by dousing it with water or smothering it, to prevent oxygen from reaching it.
- She would blow out all the candles, extinguish the fire and shiver in the cold.
- There were some I saw who were steeped in phosphor: They were burning like torches and they jumped into the water to extinguish the fire.
- Flames were extinguished quickly by the fire brigade, despite firefighters being initially thwarted by the lack of a hydrant on the private estate, and the low tide level of the Thames.
- Luckily, the smoke detector automatically alerted the fire brigade who extinguished the blaze and moved the couple, and their pets, away from the house.
- It took the entire Halon fire bottle to extinguish the flames.
- More than 200 firefighters from Arlington, Va., and other nearby towns, extinguished a fire that burned for nearly three days.
- Queues of traffic stretched back for miles following the accident as the fire service extinguished the blaze and police removed the wrecked cars.
- Fire fighters managed to extinguish the blaze around 5pm.
- Police ordered the picketers to stay on the sidewalk, set up wooden barricades to pen them in and told strikers to extinguish the fires in oil drums they lit to stay warm.
- It gradually increased until the sensation felt as though I had swallowed fire and could not extinguish the flame.
- Within seconds, the Fireguard recognized that the JFS could not blow out the fire and used the fire extinguisher to quickly extinguish the blaze.
- We had a fire incident in late October in the early evening and the assistance we received from the public in extinguishing the flames using fire extinguishers at our building was gratifying.
- Although it was two hours before the fire was extinguished, only one of the victims died of burns.
- The fire is extinguished before it burns away the paper, leaving behind a dark residue.
- I shrieked and jumped back, as he, laughing with amusement, murmured another set of words and a different ray of light extinguished the fire.
- An automatic sprinkler system triggered by the fire eventually extinguished the blaze and prevented further damage.
- After extinguishing the flames fire crews found Michelle and her sons.
Synonyms
douse, put out, quench, stamp out, smother, beat out, dampen down
blow out, snuff out
Scottish dout
1. 1.1 Put an end to; destroy.
  hope is extinguished little by little
  希望慢慢地破灭了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it was the recurring nightmare of Adam Gilchrist which extinguished those hopes.
  If Dundee went into the break with renewed hope, it was extinguished 10 minutes after the restart.
  A country in which the martial virtues are extinguished cannot hope to be respected while the world remains a polyglot chaos of peoples.
  North End's play-off hopes were all but extinguished by the only team doomed to relegation from the First Division so far - and a controversial handball.
  Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said all efforts should be made to resolve the dispute until hope was extinguished entirely.
  Any lingering hopes West had were extinguished virtually from the restart when Thomson slotted another penalty to effectively kill the game.
  The others would be back any second, extinguishing any hope of me being able to relax.
  When we destroy ecosystems and extinguish species, we degrade the greatest heritage this planet has to offer and thereby threaten our own existence.
  How volatile might Turkey become if his hope of entry were extinguished?
  She deliberately extinguished the light in her eyes, but it shone against her will in a barely noticeable smile.
  Elected dictatorships, which extinguish opposition, destroy the political process too.
  The little spark of hope within me promptly extinguished itself.
  Unfortunately, the sudden and tragic death of John Lennon in 1980 extinguished any hope of the Beatles reforming.
  When that hope is extinguished, it's like the roof being blown off the house.
  But late on Friday night that last flicker of hope was extinguished by two policemen who broke the news that a body had been found in the river and dental records confirmed it was Glynn.
  I'd never have explored the Tamil area, or written about their civilisation now destroyed, extinguished.
  But why then are so many women extinguished by the perpetrators?
  Upon extinguishing her last hope, she shuddered with pain, either inside or out, and rose shakily to her feet.
  Having given himself a sniff of a chance, however, the Canadian left-hander extinguished his hopes with bogeys at the following two holes.
  After all, poverty, disease and ignorance kill many more people each year than terrorists, and do much more to cause suffering and extinguish hope.
  Synonyms
  destroy, end, finish off, put an end to, put a stop to, bring to an end, terminate, remove, annihilate, wipe out, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, erase, eliminate, eradicate, obliterate, liquidate, expunge, abolish, exterminate, kill, extirpate, obscure, suppress, disrupt, undo, upset
  informal take out, rub out, snuff out
2. 1.2 Subdue or reduce (someone) to silence.
  迫使（某人）沉默
  a look which would have extinguished any man
  能镇住任何人的目光。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The shouting of her husband and daughter is extinguished.
  I drove the sword into his chest, extinguishing him for good.
  Nor is it really in scientists' interests to extinguish people's fears, since it is the fears that will win them funding.
  They tried to kill me, to extinguish me completely, but I have only lost an arm.
3. 1.3 Cancel (a debt) by full payment.
  偿清（债务）
  the debt was absolutely extinguished
  债已经彻底还清。
  Example sentencesExamples
  If credit was given for both these sums, the debt to the government would be extinguished.
  I accept that there may be situations in which if a creditor unconditionally assigns the benefit of a debt to a debtor, he will thereby extinguish the debt.
  The debts were automatically extinguished by collection and their proceeds never became subject to a fixed charge.
  Your final payment extinguishes your debt and you are mortgage-free - guaranteed.
  However, the fact that the debt cannot be enforced by action does not mean that the debt is extinguished.
4. 1.4Law Render (a right or obligation) void.
  〔律〕取消（权利，义务）；使无效
  rights of common pasture were extinguished
  共同使用牧场的权利已被取消。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Accordingly, in our view the flooding of the land did not extinguish native title.
  Most periods of limitation do not extinguish the claimant's right but merely bar his remedy.
  This legislation overturns the rule of law and it extinguishes the property rights of our people.
  Their property rights are extinguished by this legislation.
  But it extinguishes an obligation, and if the rule is valid and can apply it then imposes an obligation in the same terms on the defendant.

Derivatives

extinguishable

adjective ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)lɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)lɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)l

Let's start with suggesting one might immediately start paying down any extinguishable floating rate debt.
Example sentencesExamples
- The children tried to blow them out, but the candles weren't extinguishable.
- Life is much vaster and deeper, it cannot be lived with the aid of an extinguishable lamp.
- Although, in Mabo, Indigenous Australians won recognition of their traditional rights to land, the High Court by the narrowest majority (four to three) decided that these fragile rights were readily extinguishable.
- The blue light casts a glow on the land that is only extinguishable by nightfall.

extinguishment

noun ɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃm(ə)ntɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃm(ə)ntɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃmənt

mass noun

formal

1The quenching of a fire or light.
the extinguishment or control of fire
1. 1.1Law The annulment of a legal document.
2. 1.2 The cancellation of a debt.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘In general, it is very rare that we would consider an extinguishment anywhere, without being certain of an equivalent or alternative route,’ she said.
- We submit that is a different sort of extinguishment.
- It was referred to and is known as the White Paper Policy of 1969, which called for the extinguishment of the rights of the aboriginal people in the country.
- the extinguishment of statutory rights
- each of the two events is classified as a debt extinguishment

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin exstinguere, from ex- 'out' + stinguere 'quench'. Compare with distinguish.

Rhymes

distinguish

Definition of extinguish in US English:

extinguish

verbɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃikˈstiNGɡwiSH

[with object]

1Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
扑灭，使（火，光）熄灭
firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze
为了灭火，消防员浇湿了所有东西。
Example sentencesExamples
- It took the entire Halon fire bottle to extinguish the flames.
- By analogy, although oxygen does not cause a fire, it is impossible for fire to burn in its absence, so one extinguishes a blaze by dousing it with water or smothering it, to prevent oxygen from reaching it.
- Fire fighters managed to extinguish the blaze around 5pm.
- Members of the fire service arrived and extinguished the blaze.
- We had a fire incident in late October in the early evening and the assistance we received from the public in extinguishing the flames using fire extinguishers at our building was gratifying.
- It gradually increased until the sensation felt as though I had swallowed fire and could not extinguish the flame.
- There were some I saw who were steeped in phosphor: They were burning like torches and they jumped into the water to extinguish the fire.
- Within seconds, the Fireguard recognized that the JFS could not blow out the fire and used the fire extinguisher to quickly extinguish the blaze.
- I shrieked and jumped back, as he, laughing with amusement, murmured another set of words and a different ray of light extinguished the fire.
- Flames were extinguished quickly by the fire brigade, despite firefighters being initially thwarted by the lack of a hydrant on the private estate, and the low tide level of the Thames.
- She would blow out all the candles, extinguish the fire and shiver in the cold.
- The fire is extinguished before it burns away the paper, leaving behind a dark residue.
- The fabric and wood fueled the flames while fire units worked to extinguish the blaze.
- Although it was two hours before the fire was extinguished, only one of the victims died of burns.
- More than 200 firefighters from Arlington, Va., and other nearby towns, extinguished a fire that burned for nearly three days.
- Queues of traffic stretched back for miles following the accident as the fire service extinguished the blaze and police removed the wrecked cars.
- Luckily, the smoke detector automatically alerted the fire brigade who extinguished the blaze and moved the couple, and their pets, away from the house.
- After extinguishing the flames fire crews found Michelle and her sons.
- An automatic sprinkler system triggered by the fire eventually extinguished the blaze and prevented further damage.
- Police ordered the picketers to stay on the sidewalk, set up wooden barricades to pen them in and told strikers to extinguish the fires in oil drums they lit to stay warm.
Synonyms
douse, put out, quench, stamp out, smother, beat out, dampen down
1. 1.1 Put an end to; annihilate.
  使消亡，使破灭
  hope is extinguished little by little
  希望慢慢地破灭了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said all efforts should be made to resolve the dispute until hope was extinguished entirely.
  When we destroy ecosystems and extinguish species, we degrade the greatest heritage this planet has to offer and thereby threaten our own existence.
  Elected dictatorships, which extinguish opposition, destroy the political process too.
  Upon extinguishing her last hope, she shuddered with pain, either inside or out, and rose shakily to her feet.
  The little spark of hope within me promptly extinguished itself.
  A country in which the martial virtues are extinguished cannot hope to be respected while the world remains a polyglot chaos of peoples.
  Having given himself a sniff of a chance, however, the Canadian left-hander extinguished his hopes with bogeys at the following two holes.
  Unfortunately, the sudden and tragic death of John Lennon in 1980 extinguished any hope of the Beatles reforming.
  The others would be back any second, extinguishing any hope of me being able to relax.
  I'd never have explored the Tamil area, or written about their civilisation now destroyed, extinguished.
  How volatile might Turkey become if his hope of entry were extinguished?
  She deliberately extinguished the light in her eyes, but it shone against her will in a barely noticeable smile.
  But it was the recurring nightmare of Adam Gilchrist which extinguished those hopes.
  But late on Friday night that last flicker of hope was extinguished by two policemen who broke the news that a body had been found in the river and dental records confirmed it was Glynn.
  If Dundee went into the break with renewed hope, it was extinguished 10 minutes after the restart.
  When that hope is extinguished, it's like the roof being blown off the house.
  After all, poverty, disease and ignorance kill many more people each year than terrorists, and do much more to cause suffering and extinguish hope.
  Any lingering hopes West had were extinguished virtually from the restart when Thomson slotted another penalty to effectively kill the game.
  North End's play-off hopes were all but extinguished by the only team doomed to relegation from the First Division so far - and a controversial handball.
  But why then are so many women extinguished by the perpetrators?
  Synonyms
  destroy, end, finish off, put an end to, put a stop to, bring to an end, terminate, remove, annihilate, wipe out, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, erase, eliminate, eradicate, obliterate, liquidate, expunge, abolish, exterminate, kill, extirpate, obscure, suppress, disrupt, undo, upset
2. 1.2 Cancel (a debt) by full payment.
  偿清（债务）
  the debt was absolutely extinguished
  债已经彻底还清。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Your final payment extinguishes your debt and you are mortgage-free - guaranteed.
  If credit was given for both these sums, the debt to the government would be extinguished.
  However, the fact that the debt cannot be enforced by action does not mean that the debt is extinguished.
  The debts were automatically extinguished by collection and their proceeds never became subject to a fixed charge.
  I accept that there may be situations in which if a creditor unconditionally assigns the benefit of a debt to a debtor, he will thereby extinguish the debt.
3. 1.3Law Render (a right or obligation) void.
  〔律〕取消（权利，义务）；使无效
  rights of common pasture were extinguished
  共同使用牧场的权利已被取消。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it extinguishes an obligation, and if the rule is valid and can apply it then imposes an obligation in the same terms on the defendant.
  Most periods of limitation do not extinguish the claimant's right but merely bar his remedy.
  Accordingly, in our view the flooding of the land did not extinguish native title.
  Their property rights are extinguished by this legislation.
  This legislation overturns the rule of law and it extinguishes the property rights of our people.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin exstinguere, from ex- ‘out’ + stinguere ‘quench’. Compare with distinguish.

词汇	extinguish
释义	Definition of extinguish in English: extinguish verb ɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ [with object] 1Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine. 扑灭，使（火，光）熄灭 firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze 为了灭火，消防员浇湿了所有东西。 Example sentencesExamples The fabric and wood fueled the flames while fire units worked to extinguish the blaze. Members of the fire service arrived and extinguished the blaze. By analogy, although oxygen does not cause a fire, it is impossible for fire to burn in its absence, so one extinguishes a blaze by dousing it with water or smothering it, to prevent oxygen from reaching it. She would blow out all the candles, extinguish the fire and shiver in the cold. There were some I saw who were steeped in phosphor: They were burning like torches and they jumped into the water to extinguish the fire. Flames were extinguished quickly by the fire brigade, despite firefighters being initially thwarted by the lack of a hydrant on the private estate, and the low tide level of the Thames. Luckily, the smoke detector automatically alerted the fire brigade who extinguished the blaze and moved the couple, and their pets, away from the house. It took the entire Halon fire bottle to extinguish the flames. More than 200 firefighters from Arlington, Va., and other nearby towns, extinguished a fire that burned for nearly three days. Queues of traffic stretched back for miles following the accident as the fire service extinguished the blaze and police removed the wrecked cars. Fire fighters managed to extinguish the blaze around 5pm. Police ordered the picketers to stay on the sidewalk, set up wooden barricades to pen them in and told strikers to extinguish the fires in oil drums they lit to stay warm. It gradually increased until the sensation felt as though I had swallowed fire and could not extinguish the flame. Within seconds, the Fireguard recognized that the JFS could not blow out the fire and used the fire extinguisher to quickly extinguish the blaze. We had a fire incident in late October in the early evening and the assistance we received from the public in extinguishing the flames using fire extinguishers at our building was gratifying. Although it was two hours before the fire was extinguished, only one of the victims died of burns. The fire is extinguished before it burns away the paper, leaving behind a dark residue. I shrieked and jumped back, as he, laughing with amusement, murmured another set of words and a different ray of light extinguished the fire. An automatic sprinkler system triggered by the fire eventually extinguished the blaze and prevented further damage. After extinguishing the flames fire crews found Michelle and her sons. Synonyms douse, put out, quench, stamp out, smother, beat out, dampen down blow out, snuff out Scottish dout 1.1 Put an end to; destroy. hope is extinguished little by little 希望慢慢地破灭了。 Example sentencesExamples But it was the recurring nightmare of Adam Gilchrist which extinguished those hopes. If Dundee went into the break with renewed hope, it was extinguished 10 minutes after the restart. A country in which the martial virtues are extinguished cannot hope to be respected while the world remains a polyglot chaos of peoples. North End's play-off hopes were all but extinguished by the only team doomed to relegation from the First Division so far - and a controversial handball. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said all efforts should be made to resolve the dispute until hope was extinguished entirely. Any lingering hopes West had were extinguished virtually from the restart when Thomson slotted another penalty to effectively kill the game. The others would be back any second, extinguishing any hope of me being able to relax. When we destroy ecosystems and extinguish species, we degrade the greatest heritage this planet has to offer and thereby threaten our own existence. How volatile might Turkey become if his hope of entry were extinguished? She deliberately extinguished the light in her eyes, but it shone against her will in a barely noticeable smile. Elected dictatorships, which extinguish opposition, destroy the political process too. The little spark of hope within me promptly extinguished itself. Unfortunately, the sudden and tragic death of John Lennon in 1980 extinguished any hope of the Beatles reforming. When that hope is extinguished, it's like the roof being blown off the house. But late on Friday night that last flicker of hope was extinguished by two policemen who broke the news that a body had been found in the river and dental records confirmed it was Glynn. I'd never have explored the Tamil area, or written about their civilisation now destroyed, extinguished. But why then are so many women extinguished by the perpetrators? Upon extinguishing her last hope, she shuddered with pain, either inside or out, and rose shakily to her feet. Having given himself a sniff of a chance, however, the Canadian left-hander extinguished his hopes with bogeys at the following two holes. After all, poverty, disease and ignorance kill many more people each year than terrorists, and do much more to cause suffering and extinguish hope. Synonyms destroy, end, finish off, put an end to, put a stop to, bring to an end, terminate, remove, annihilate, wipe out, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, erase, eliminate, eradicate, obliterate, liquidate, expunge, abolish, exterminate, kill, extirpate, obscure, suppress, disrupt, undo, upset informal take out, rub out, snuff out 1.2 Subdue or reduce (someone) to silence. 迫使（某人）沉默 a look which would have extinguished any man 能镇住任何人的目光。 Example sentencesExamples The shouting of her husband and daughter is extinguished. I drove the sword into his chest, extinguishing him for good. Nor is it really in scientists' interests to extinguish people's fears, since it is the fears that will win them funding. They tried to kill me, to extinguish me completely, but I have only lost an arm. 1.3 Cancel (a debt) by full payment. 偿清（债务） the debt was absolutely extinguished 债已经彻底还清。 Example sentencesExamples If credit was given for both these sums, the debt to the government would be extinguished. I accept that there may be situations in which if a creditor unconditionally assigns the benefit of a debt to a debtor, he will thereby extinguish the debt. The debts were automatically extinguished by collection and their proceeds never became subject to a fixed charge. Your final payment extinguishes your debt and you are mortgage-free - guaranteed. However, the fact that the debt cannot be enforced by action does not mean that the debt is extinguished. 1.4Law Render (a right or obligation) void. 〔律〕取消（权利，义务）；使无效 rights of common pasture were extinguished 共同使用牧场的权利已被取消。 Example sentencesExamples Accordingly, in our view the flooding of the land did not extinguish native title. Most periods of limitation do not extinguish the claimant's right but merely bar his remedy. This legislation overturns the rule of law and it extinguishes the property rights of our people. Their property rights are extinguished by this legislation. But it extinguishes an obligation, and if the rule is valid and can apply it then imposes an obligation in the same terms on the defendant. Derivatives extinguishable adjective ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)lɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)lɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)l Let's start with suggesting one might immediately start paying down any extinguishable floating rate debt. Example sentencesExamples The children tried to blow them out, but the candles weren't extinguishable. Life is much vaster and deeper, it cannot be lived with the aid of an extinguishable lamp. Although, in Mabo, Indigenous Australians won recognition of their traditional rights to land, the High Court by the narrowest majority (four to three) decided that these fragile rights were readily extinguishable. The blue light casts a glow on the land that is only extinguishable by nightfall. extinguishment noun ɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃm(ə)ntɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃm(ə)ntɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃmənt mass nounformal 1The quenching of a fire or light. the extinguishment or control of fire 1.1Law The annulment of a legal document. 1.2 The cancellation of a debt. Example sentencesExamples ‘In general, it is very rare that we would consider an extinguishment anywhere, without being certain of an equivalent or alternative route,’ she said. We submit that is a different sort of extinguishment. It was referred to and is known as the White Paper Policy of 1969, which called for the extinguishment of the rights of the aboriginal people in the country. the extinguishment of statutory rights each of the two events is classified as a debt extinguishment Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin exstinguere, from ex- 'out' + stinguere 'quench'. Compare with distinguish. Rhymes distinguish Definition of extinguish in US English: extinguish verbɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃikˈstiNGɡwiSH [with object] 1Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine. 扑灭，使（火，光）熄灭 firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze 为了灭火，消防员浇湿了所有东西。 Example sentencesExamples It took the entire Halon fire bottle to extinguish the flames. By analogy, although oxygen does not cause a fire, it is impossible for fire to burn in its absence, so one extinguishes a blaze by dousing it with water or smothering it, to prevent oxygen from reaching it. Fire fighters managed to extinguish the blaze around 5pm. Members of the fire service arrived and extinguished the blaze. We had a fire incident in late October in the early evening and the assistance we received from the public in extinguishing the flames using fire extinguishers at our building was gratifying. It gradually increased until the sensation felt as though I had swallowed fire and could not extinguish the flame. There were some I saw who were steeped in phosphor: They were burning like torches and they jumped into the water to extinguish the fire. Within seconds, the Fireguard recognized that the JFS could not blow out the fire and used the fire extinguisher to quickly extinguish the blaze. I shrieked and jumped back, as he, laughing with amusement, murmured another set of words and a different ray of light extinguished the fire. Flames were extinguished quickly by the fire brigade, despite firefighters being initially thwarted by the lack of a hydrant on the private estate, and the low tide level of the Thames. She would blow out all the candles, extinguish the fire and shiver in the cold. The fire is extinguished before it burns away the paper, leaving behind a dark residue. The fabric and wood fueled the flames while fire units worked to extinguish the blaze. Although it was two hours before the fire was extinguished, only one of the victims died of burns. More than 200 firefighters from Arlington, Va., and other nearby towns, extinguished a fire that burned for nearly three days. Queues of traffic stretched back for miles following the accident as the fire service extinguished the blaze and police removed the wrecked cars. Luckily, the smoke detector automatically alerted the fire brigade who extinguished the blaze and moved the couple, and their pets, away from the house. After extinguishing the flames fire crews found Michelle and her sons. An automatic sprinkler system triggered by the fire eventually extinguished the blaze and prevented further damage. Police ordered the picketers to stay on the sidewalk, set up wooden barricades to pen them in and told strikers to extinguish the fires in oil drums they lit to stay warm. Synonyms douse, put out, quench, stamp out, smother, beat out, dampen down 1.1 Put an end to; annihilate. 使消亡，使破灭 hope is extinguished little by little 希望慢慢地破灭了。 Example sentencesExamples Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said all efforts should be made to resolve the dispute until hope was extinguished entirely. When we destroy ecosystems and extinguish species, we degrade the greatest heritage this planet has to offer and thereby threaten our own existence. Elected dictatorships, which extinguish opposition, destroy the political process too. Upon extinguishing her last hope, she shuddered with pain, either inside or out, and rose shakily to her feet. The little spark of hope within me promptly extinguished itself. A country in which the martial virtues are extinguished cannot hope to be respected while the world remains a polyglot chaos of peoples. Having given himself a sniff of a chance, however, the Canadian left-hander extinguished his hopes with bogeys at the following two holes. Unfortunately, the sudden and tragic death of John Lennon in 1980 extinguished any hope of the Beatles reforming. The others would be back any second, extinguishing any hope of me being able to relax. I'd never have explored the Tamil area, or written about their civilisation now destroyed, extinguished. How volatile might Turkey become if his hope of entry were extinguished? She deliberately extinguished the light in her eyes, but it shone against her will in a barely noticeable smile. But it was the recurring nightmare of Adam Gilchrist which extinguished those hopes. But late on Friday night that last flicker of hope was extinguished by two policemen who broke the news that a body had been found in the river and dental records confirmed it was Glynn. If Dundee went into the break with renewed hope, it was extinguished 10 minutes after the restart. When that hope is extinguished, it's like the roof being blown off the house. After all, poverty, disease and ignorance kill many more people each year than terrorists, and do much more to cause suffering and extinguish hope. Any lingering hopes West had were extinguished virtually from the restart when Thomson slotted another penalty to effectively kill the game. North End's play-off hopes were all but extinguished by the only team doomed to relegation from the First Division so far - and a controversial handball. But why then are so many women extinguished by the perpetrators? Synonyms destroy, end, finish off, put an end to, put a stop to, bring to an end, terminate, remove, annihilate, wipe out, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, erase, eliminate, eradicate, obliterate, liquidate, expunge, abolish, exterminate, kill, extirpate, obscure, suppress, disrupt, undo, upset 1.2 Cancel (a debt) by full payment. 偿清（债务） the debt was absolutely extinguished 债已经彻底还清。 Example sentencesExamples Your final payment extinguishes your debt and you are mortgage-free - guaranteed. If credit was given for both these sums, the debt to the government would be extinguished. However, the fact that the debt cannot be enforced by action does not mean that the debt is extinguished. The debts were automatically extinguished by collection and their proceeds never became subject to a fixed charge. I accept that there may be situations in which if a creditor unconditionally assigns the benefit of a debt to a debtor, he will thereby extinguish the debt. 1.3Law Render (a right or obligation) void. 〔律〕取消（权利，义务）；使无效 rights of common pasture were extinguished 共同使用牧场的权利已被取消。 Example sentencesExamples But it extinguishes an obligation, and if the rule is valid and can apply it then imposes an obligation in the same terms on the defendant. Most periods of limitation do not extinguish the claimant's right but merely bar his remedy. Accordingly, in our view the flooding of the land did not extinguish native title. Their property rights are extinguished by this legislation. This legislation overturns the rule of law and it extinguishes the property rights of our people. Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin exstinguere, from ex- ‘out’ + stinguere ‘quench’. Compare with distinguish.
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