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# extinguished

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

### part of speech

verb (past form of extinguish: extinguish, extinguishes, extinguished, extinguishing); adjective (extinguished)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Extinguished means put out, so a fire or light stops burning or shining. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#m1)

2) (formal) Extinguished means ended or destroyed completely: «All hope was extinguished.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In fire safety lessons it is about putting out fires with water, a fire blanket or a fire extinguisher. In stories it shows hope or life ending. Phrases: «the fire was extinguished», «fire extinguisher».

### examples

- Firefighters extinguished the fire in an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#x1)
- She extinguished the candle with a snuffer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#x2)
- The campfire must be fully extinguished before you leave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#x3)
- Their hopes were extinguished when the bus left without them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#x4)
- The streetlights were extinguished at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#x5)
- Never use water on an oil fire; a fire blanket extinguishes it safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#x6)
- Then a sudden puff of wind arose, and the Lamp was immediately extinguished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#x7)

### note

Formal; everyday: «put out». A device is a «fire extinguisher». Safety: oil or electrical fires need special extinguishers, not water.

### Trees and pragmatics

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