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extinguished definition

extinguished


 
  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