Extinguishes

Word EXTINGUISHES
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Definitions and meanings of "Extinguishes"

What do we mean by extinguishes?

To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench

To destroy or abolish something

To obscure or eclipse something

To bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex

To hunt down (a species) to extinction

To die out.

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The word "extinguishes" in example sentences

The former extinguishes courage, but the latter can choke it out. ❋ Augusto Cury (2011)

Are we at a tipping point in our society or have we passed that, descending into the "decline and fall" phase that inevitably swallows and extinguishes civilizations? ❋ Unknown (2012)

Finally, the accelerants responsible for the burnout that extinguishes so many teaching careers -- lacking of planning time, too heavy a workload, and problematic student behavior -- would be abated by the efforts of other conscripts. ❋ Dan Ross (2011)

The removal of the latter extinguishes the former: it is no accident, he says in Homo Sacer, that Jews under the Third Reich were formally stripped of their citizenship before being consigned to the camps. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He extinguishes his cigarette, buttons up his raffish crushed velvet overcoat and volleys wide from eight or nine yards. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The fruit of their visit was "The All-Searing Eyes," the lead story in Action Comics #558 (cover-dated August 1984), in which Superman extinguishes the fire raging beneath Coaltown. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In "Anonymous" he extinguishes literary scholarship by contending that Shakespeare's plays were written by Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. ❋ Joe Morgenstern (2011)

The profit warning for the TV unit, which has been a drag on the company for several years, extinguishes any hope that the division could turn profitable in 2011, and forces the question of whether Philips' new Chief Executive Frans van Houten should sell the unit when he takes the helm after the company's annual general meeting on Thursday. ❋ Anna Marij Van Der Meulen (2011)

In today's pictures, a man extinguishes a fire in the Philippines, bystanders help a victim in a subway explosion in Belarus, guards march at an Athens monument and more. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Connie extinguishes the cigarette in his nearly empty bottle, sets it down on the coffee table, and retrieves a fresh one from the crate. ❋ Josef K. Strosche (2011)

Here in the thick of the grossest capitalismround the corner comes the shining fire brigadeand extinguishes, or suddenlythere's silver in the beggar's hat. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There are serious decisions to be made concerning the best mix of methods to finance the transition that extinguishes Social Security's unfunded liability. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The drop in oil extinguishes hopes that futures would break out of the $70 - to $80-a-barrel range that has mostly confined crude for several months. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Phase one complete, he extinguishes the clippers and rips the plastic gradation accessory from its prow. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I believe that for the people of Burma and Iran and Sudan and anywhere where darkness prevails for a time and inflicts its terrible miseries on the innocent, before the light of human conscience extinguishes it forever. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As Beck explained it, Hayek's book "clearly and logically explained how any form of central government planning usually leads to serfdom (or servitude) and extinguishes freedom." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Too many kids involves a life of drudgery and expense that extinguishes parental joy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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