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extinguished definition
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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 -------------- 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 -------------- 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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