- past participle of extinguish.
- past tense form of extinguish.
extinguished
Example Sentences
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Since the fire was extinguished, Lineage has been tasked with removing roughly 88 million pounds of spoiled and decomposing food, along with fire and demolition debris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The blaze aboard the tanker was extinguished within two hours.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The fires burning through parts of France and Spain haven’t yet been extinguished, but the blame game is already heating up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Catalan authorities said late on Saturday that the blaze was stable and would be completely extinguished during the week, according to Reuters.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
It was as if the entire civilization had undergone some self-inflicted brain surgery, and most of its memories, discoveries, ideas and passions were extinguished irrevocably.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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