extinguishing

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extinguishing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Extinguish \Ex*tin"guish\ ([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sh), v. t.
     [imp. & p. p. Extinguished([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sht); p
     pr. & vb. n. Extinguishing.] [L. extinguere, exstinguere;
     ex out + stinguere to quench. See Distinguish, Finish.]
     1. To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to
        cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to
        extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense
        or a right.
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              A light which the fierce winds have no power to
              extinguish.                           --Prescott.
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              This extinguishes my right to the reversion.
                                                    --Blackstone.
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     2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
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              Natural graces that extinguish art.   --Shak
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extinguishing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  extinguishing
      n 1: the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the
           extinction of the lights" [syn: extinction,
           extinguishing, quenching]