extinguishing
Meaning of extinguishing
verb, gerund or present participle
- cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze
mid 16th century: from Latin exstinguere, from ex- ‘out’ + stinguere ‘quench’. Compare with distinguish.
Information about extinguishing
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Hyphenation of extinguishing
ex-tin-guish-ing
- It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
- extinguishing is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
extinguishing synonyms
Meaning extinction:
Meaning extinguish (a fire or light):
Meaning satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking:
Meaning extinguish (a fire) by covering it:
extinguishing antonyms
Meaning provide with light or lighting; illuminate:
Words that rhyme with extinguishing
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