What does extinguishing mean?

Definitions for extinguishing
ex·tin·guish·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. extinction, extinguishing, quenchingnoun

    the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

    "the extinction of the lights"

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  1. extinguishing

    Extinguishing generally refers to the act of putting out, stopping, or eliminating something completely. This could mean taking action to end a fire, to stop a behavior, or to destroy or get rid of something entirely.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Extinguishing

    of Extinguish

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of extinguishing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of extinguishing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of extinguishing in a Sentence

  1. Mohammad Baqer Hanbar:

    Right now, 25 fire engines at the site are extinguishing the fire, so far, there has been one firefighter injured in this incident who suffered from smoke inhalation, and the person is in stable condition.

  2. Robert Laczko:

    The main problem that it comes from the Ukraine and until that tap is turned off, the virus will keep spreading and all measures will be just minimal fire extinguishing.

  3. Gavin Newsom:

    This state is recovering. This state is back on its feet, our kids are increasingly back( to) in-person instruction. We have the lowest positivity in case rates in America. We're extinguishing not just wildfires, but this disease. We're getting it behind us.

  4. Rabindranath Tagore:

    Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the Dawn has come.

  5. Maria Silva Dias:

    In the more populated areas you might have a greater effect of the army extinguishing fires and putting some sense into people who would just burn the land to clear it with no care whether this fire will spread.

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