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Significados de extinguish em inglês

português
aniquilar
catalão
delmar

To kill in large numbers.

aniquilar
português
extinguir
catalão
extingir
espanhol
extinguir

Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights.

extinguir
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Examples for "quench"
Examples for "quench"
1
No: the river should wash the blood away and quench the fire.
Dead Man's Rock
2
Nick wished he could find some water, something to quench the burning.
The Child Thief
3
Piecemeal firefighting may not quench the firestorm threatening to engulf the continent.
The Guardian
4
He does not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.
Bunyan Characters (1st Series)
5
The bruised reed he will not break, nor quench the smoking flax.
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
1
The result will be put out to public comment for 15 days.
Reuters
2
Any new proposals will of course be put out to public consultation.
The Irish Times
3
However, feelers were put out, which soon led to my welcome release.
The Irish Times
4
They're far better than what was put out there. TV: 1 p.m.
Reuters
5
I really think that you have to put out a good product.
Ebony
1
Often just a simple cold suffices to snuff out the flickering life.
Kimono
2
That you and I cannot take snuff out of the same box.
Poems
3
At last, though, Roderick had a chance to snuff out the uprising.
Mentats of Dune
4
Will he snuff out the opposition or a blow a few caskets?
The Guardian
5
Men die of vices every day; women snuff out like candles.
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
1
His fingers blow out like smoke, his head ripples in the gale.
Men, Women and Ghosts
2
A wind has begun to blow out of the south and west.
The Rulers of the Lakes: A Story of George and Champlain
3
She did not blow out the candle, but lay staring at it.
The Lion's Share
4
So, for a hundred years, Northwind tried to blow out the Sun.
Seven O'Clock Stories
5
The dust is blown out in a cloud high in the air.
The Dominion in 1983
português
eliminar
catalão
eliminar
espanhol
eliminar

To remove or get rid of, as being in some way undesirable.

eliminar
português
extinguir
catalão
extingir
espanhol
aplastar

Extinguish by crushing.

extinguir
Uso de extinguish em inglês
1
The best way would be to extinguish the desire for nuclear weapons.
The new yorker
2
Tracking the virus hunters who race to understand and extinguish new pathogens.
BBC
3
These kinds of fires are often impossible to extinguish using conventional tactics.
Radio NZ
4
Thankfully, law enforcement arrived on the scene rapidly to extinguish the fire.
The South African
5
This enlightenment importuned him; he tried to extinguish it and could not.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 1...
6
It was the rash object of the crusaders to extinguish that life.
Ten Great Events in History
7
Airport staff managed to extinguish the fire and there were no injuries.
The South African
8
Meditate for about ten to fifteen minutes, and then extinguish the candle.
Witch School's First Degree
9
Harry puts his hand on the oil lamp, but doesn't extinguish it.
The sealed letter
10
Once the boundary area is thinned, the flame is easier to extinguish.
Wired
11
All this time the brave firemen were working to extinguish the fire.
All About Johnnie Jones
12
Allow not the world nor aught else to extinguish the tender flame.
Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians
13
The army was directed to use every effort to extinguish the flames.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 06 (of 15), French
14
The plane is used to teach firefighters how to extinguish aircraft blazes.
Wired
15
It had taken thirty years of incessant bloodshed to extinguish the Counter-Reformation.
Lectures on Modern history
16
For once her tears could not extinguish the flame of his anger.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
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Translations for extinguish
Extinguish ao longo do tempo
Extinguish nas variantes da língua
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Comum
Reino Unido
Comum
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