extinguish
verb (used with object)
to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted).
will extinguish
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future tenseof extinguish.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Removing an oxygen source will extinguish the flame, but this is difficult to do outside of an engine.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2023
Look for an ABC-rated unit that will extinguish all fire types.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2023
But for now, no one needs to panic, we just need to hope that this bird flu outbreak, despite its historic proportions, will extinguish itself like previous outbreaks.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2023
“It’s going to be a whole lot of paperwork and a whole lot of compliance and I don’t think we will extinguish much of a problem.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2021
May we not hope that America will extinguish a great portion of that moral debt which she has contracted to that unfortunate continent?
From Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America by David Walker
