Sentence example with the word 'extinguish'

extinguish

abate, call off, cut, drown, finish, kill, peel, repress, slack, stultify, wipe out

Definition v. put an end to

Last update: September 10, 2015

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The birthday boy extinguished the candles in the party.   [verb]

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The most effective way to extinguish the flame of a candle is to use a candle snuffer.   [verb]

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Firefighter worked quickly to extinguish the blaze using hose reels.   [verb]

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It would be well to extinguish the fire, and have a watch--listen.   [verb]

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When she had put on a little black silk hood, she extinguished her candles, pulled aside the curtain which obscured the open window, and looked out on the terrace.   [verb]

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Some really patrician milieu is needed to replace the antique court of the dear old Marquise, and to extinguish the Scudéry, whose Saturdays grow more vulgar every week.   [verb]

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Yet to extinguish memory was not within her power.   [verb]

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After moving along the path for some short space with a fluctuating and irregular motion, the lights were at once extinguished.   [verb]

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