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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished..
[…] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]
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Extinguishment means The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]
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