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extinguished

/ik-sting-gwish/US // ɪkˈstɪŋ gwɪʃ //UK // (ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ) //

熄灭的,熄灭,熄灭了,熄灭了的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to put out; put out the flame of: to extinguish a candle.
    • : to put an end to or bring to an end; wipe out of existence; annihilate: to extinguish hope.
    • : to obscure or eclipse, as by superior brilliance.
    • : Law. to discharge, as by payment.

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Examples

  • In 2005, in a speech condemning the Republican majority’s threat to extinguish the filibuster against judicial nominees, then-Sen.

  • Before it’s time for bed, show your campers how to properly extinguish the fire, and have them perform the work themselves.

  • That last fire wasn’t a big one, causing just $50,000 in damage, and fire crews were able to extinguish it in just 24 minutes.

  • That’s the way to make sure it’s truly extinguished—with work not from the sky, but on the dirty ground.

  • The numbers of deaths and years of life extinguished due to excessive drinking have gone up since the last report.

  • These habits are likely to be hard to extinguish entirely.

  • Yes, “The Girl on Fire” can apparently extinguish them, too.

  • I like the taste of it as well once you extinguish the flame.

  • They remembered that the escaped owner had only recently tried to extinguish their capital with blood.

  • Amid the sound of screaming and the smell of burning, he tried to extinguish the fire with prayer mats.

  • Anger and humiliation extinguish my momentary impulse to rush to her assistance.

  • He discovers that no amount of austerities will extinguish desire, or produce ecstatic contemplation.

  • But Government with 15,000 Regulars in town, and every Gentleman (but one) on their side, must extinguish the flame.

  • These poor wretches fought for the last flicker of the lamp, which the bears wanted to extinguish altogether.

  • Vigilant priests were always ready to extinguish systems which could not be made to tally with their interests.