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Meanings of extinguish in English
Usage of extinguish in English
1
The best way would be to extinguish the desire for nuclear weapons.
2
Tracking the virus hunters who race to understand and extinguish new pathogens.
3
These kinds of fires are often impossible to extinguish using conventional tactics.
4
Thankfully, law enforcement arrived on the scene rapidly to extinguish the fire.
5
This enlightenment importuned him; he tried to extinguish it and could not.
6
It was the rash object of the crusaders to extinguish that life.
7
Airport staff managed to extinguish the fire and there were no injuries.
8
Meditate for about ten to fifteen minutes, and then extinguish the candle.
9
Harry puts his hand on the oil lamp, but doesn't extinguish it.
10
Once the boundary area is thinned, the flame is easier to extinguish.
11
All this time the brave firemen were working to extinguish the fire.
12
Allow not the world nor aught else to extinguish the tender flame.
13
The army was directed to use every effort to extinguish the flames.
14
The plane is used to teach firefighters how to extinguish aircraft blazes.
15
It had taken thirty years of incessant bloodshed to extinguish the Counter-Reformation.
16
For once her tears could not extinguish the flame of his anger.
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New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common