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extinguisher Definition


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extinguish
verb extinguishes, extinguished, extinguishing
    1. To put out (a fire, etc).
      Thesaurus: put out, smother, stifle, douse, quench, snuff out, drown out.
    2. formal
      To kill off or destroy (eg passion).
      Thesaurus: destroy, annihilate, wipe out, exterminate.
    3. law.
      To pay off (a debt).
Derivative: extinguishable
adj
    Derivative: extinguisher
      A person or thing that extinguishes.
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin exstinguere.



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