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    extinguishing
    [ noun ]
    the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
    <noun.act>
    the extinction of the lights


    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.

    A light which the fierce winds have no power to
    extinguish. --Prescott.

    This extinguishes my right to the reversion.
    --Blackstone.

    2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.

    Natural graces that extinguish art. --Shak
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    1. County Counsel Adrian Kuyper said pursuit of damages and reimbursement for the cost of extinguishing a fire is standard policy.
    2. Cabinet ministers at their weekly meeting appealed to Israelis to "help all bodies that deal with extinguishing and preventing fires."
    3. The police spokesman said fire engines and civil defense teams fought the blaze for several hours before extinguishing it at about 4 a.m.
    4. They found the dirty job of mop-up, a term for strengthening fire lines and searching out and extinguishing hot spots in burned forest.
    5. "With our own hands, instead of extinguishing the fire, we are increasing the flames," he told reporters.
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