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