Extinguishment
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Extinguishment is a noun meaning The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
Meaning
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
More Meanings
- (law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
Example Sentences
[…] 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 […]
Word Forms
- extinguishments
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include extirpation, quench, extinction, annihilation, extinct, collapse.
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