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extinguishing
noun as in destruction
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noun as in liquidation
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noun as in obliteration
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noun as in ruination
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Example Sentences
Murder Boner” is a great one: “The thought of extinguishing a human life really makes me aroused.
Most depressingly, political leadership worldwide is not up to extinguishing the flames.
This month, a firefighter in D.C. suffered life-threatening burns while extinguishing a house fire.
And the extinguishing of a great taboo is worth a great trophy.
“Say, fellows,” he called, turning the lights up stronger instead of extinguishing them.
He seemed, Laura said, to take a pleasure in seeing how much he could pile on without extinguishing it.
With the extinguishing of the lights our long‑range activities ceased.
He found the servants extinguishing the lights, and met the information that Mrs. Belcher had retired.
A sledging cook will often make a disagreeable faux pas by extinguishing the primus in the preparation of hoosh.
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On this page you'll find 184 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to extinguishing, such as: annihilation, carnage, elimination, eradication, extermination, and extinction.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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