extinguished

verb

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    To destroy or abolish something

    She extinguished all my hopes.
  3. 3

    To obscure or eclipse something

    The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
  4. 4

    To bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex

    Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.
  5. 5

    To hunt down (a species) to extinction

  6. 6

    To die out.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having been quenched or eliminated.

    The cowboys buried their trash next to the extinguished fire.

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