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extinguished

verb

Meaning

  1. To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench
  2. To destroy or abolish something
  3. To obscure or eclipse something
  4. To bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex
  5. To hunt down (a species) to extinction
  6. To die out.
  7. Having been quenched or eliminated.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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