extinguish

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ex·tin·guish /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/ verb [transitiveT] formal

1 STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto make a fire or light stop burning or shining 熄灭〔火或光〕 SYN put out

Please extinguish all cigarettes.

请把香烟都熄灭了。

Firemen were called to extinguish the blaze.

有人打电话叫消防队员来扑灭大火。

► see thesaurus at burn

2 STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto make an idea or feeling stop 使〔想法或感情〕破灭；使消亡

All hope was almost extinguished.

所有的希望都快要破灭了。

Examples from the Corpus

extinguish• Her anger, newly kindled, needed something to scorch and shrivel before it could be extinguished.• It was not until early November 1991 that the last of the oil well fires was extinguished.• Passengers are requested to extinguish all cigarettes when the red light goes on.• The news extinguished all hope of his return.• Smoking is allowed only inside vehicles, and the smokes must be extinguished inside those vehicles.• That threat-and the fear of a spiral of violence-also extinguished international support for a declaration on September 13.• You would no more turn them off than you would extinguish life.• It took several hours to extinguish the blaze.• He managed to extinguish the flames with his coat.• And I fear for the darkness as four Justices anxiously await the single vote necessary to extinguish the light.• Would all passengers please extinguish their cigarettes? Thank you.

From Longman Business Dictionary

extinguishex·tin·guish /ɪkˈstɪŋgwɪʃ/ verb [transitiveT]

1LAWto remove someone’s permission or right to do something

Any settlement extinguishes the plaintiff’s title to that interest in the goods.

The contract would be valid only where such rights had not been extinguished by the government.

2FINANCELAWto agree that a debt does not have to be paid

Death does not automatically extinguish debts on bank accounts.

Origin extinguish

(1500-1600) Latin exstinguere, from stinguere “to extinguish”

ex·tin·guish verb

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