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# extinguish

«extinguish» in Mova's school dictionary: **to put it out so it stops burning or shining** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (extinguish, extinguishes, extinguished, extinguishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To extinguish a fire or light is to put it out so it stops burning or shining. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguish/#m1)

2) (formal) To end or destroy something such as hope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguish/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in fire safety: «fire extinguisher», «extinguish the candle», «extinguish cigarettes». In science, a fire needs heat, fuel and oxygen; removing one extinguishes it. It tells the reader that a flame or light was stopped.

### examples

- Firefighters extinguished the blaze in an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguish/#x1)
- Please extinguish all candles before bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguish/#x2)
- A fire blanket can extinguish a small pan fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguish/#x3)
- Never use water to extinguish an oil fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguish/#x4)
- The bad news extinguished her hopes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguish/#x5)
- Smokers must extinguish cigarettes here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguish/#x6)

### note

Formal; everyday talk says «put out». Noun: extinguisher (a fire extinguisher). Safety: on a pan of burning oil, never throw water; turn off the heat and cover it. Spelling: ex-tin-guish.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «extinguish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.