extinguish
verb (used with object)
to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted).
extinguishable
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a word derived from
extinguish.
Example Sentences
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The fact is, that through all his defences—through all his various false suggestions—through all these various rebellions and disaffections, Mr. Hastings never once lets go this plea—of extinguishable right in the Nabob.
From Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 by Thomas Moore
This world was inhabited by creatures of the imagination—delightful beings—too delightful to be real, who, having the merit of being extinguishable at will, never remained to bore him.
From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Marie Saltus
And idlers, whose curiosity was not extinguishable by wind and sleet, began to press round, and people who had come by the same train stopped on their way out to listen.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
Egremont's perishable love, her own prudential forecasts and schemings, were stamped poor, worldly, ignoble, in comparison with this sacred and extinguishable ardour.
From Thyrza by George Gissing
The fire was easily extinguishable by a willing hand or two, but Tom tried an experiment.
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
