Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb extinguish
2 of 4 senses of extinguish
Sense 1
snuff out extinguish
=> stamp
=> smother, put out
Sense 2
extinguish, quench
=> douse, put out
=> black out
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb extinguish
2 of 4 senses of extinguish
Sense 1
snuff out extinguish
=> stamp
=> smother, put out
Sense 2
extinguish, quench
=> douse, put out
=> black out
Entailment of verb extinguish
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb extinguish
4 senses of extinguish
Sense 1
snuff out extinguish
=> eliminate, get rid of do away with
Sense 2
extinguish, quench
Sense 3
stub out crush out extinguish, press out
=> end terminate
Sense 4
eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out decimate, carry off
=> kill
Familiarity of verb extinguish
extinguish used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb extinguish
Sense 1
snuff out extinguish
=> eliminate, get rid of do away with
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Sense 2
extinguish, quench
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Sense 3
stub out crush out extinguish, press out
=> end terminate
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Sense 4
eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out decimate, carry off
=> kill
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Overview of verb extinguish
The verb extinguish has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) snuff out extinguish -- (put an end to kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children")
2. extinguish, quench -- (put out as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames")
3. stub out crush out extinguish, press out -- (extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar")
4. eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out decimate, carry off -- (kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population")
Overview of adj extinguished
The adj extinguished has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) extinguished -- ((psychology) of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement)
2. extinct, extinguished, out quenched -- (of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "faint smoke from the extinguished candle"; "the fire is out"; "the quenched flames")
Antonyms of adj extinguished
2 senses of extinguished
Sense 1
extinguished
INDIRECT (VIA destroyed) -> preserved
Sense 2
extinct, extinguished, out(prenominal), quenched
INDIRECT (VIA dead) -> live
Similarity of adj extinguished
2 senses of extinguished
Sense 1
extinguished
=> destroyed (vs. preserved)
Sense 2
extinct, extinguished, out(prenominal), quenched
=> dead (vs. live)
Attributes of adj extinguished
Familiarity of adj extinguished
extinguished used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj extinguished
extinguished
Overview of verb extinguish
The verb extinguish has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) snuff out extinguish -- (put an end to kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children")
2. extinguish, quench -- (put out as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames")
3. stub out crush out extinguish, press out -- (extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar")
4. eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out decimate, carry off -- (kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population")
Overview of adj extinguished
The adj extinguished has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) extinguished -- ((psychology) of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement)
2. extinct, extinguished, out quenched -- (of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "faint smoke from the extinguished candle"; "the fire is out"; "the quenched flames")
extinguished definition
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