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# extinguished

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

«extinguished» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Extinguished means put out, so a fire or light stops burning or shining. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#x1)
- She extinguished the candle with a snuffer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#x2)
- The campfire must be fully extinguished before you leave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#x3)
- Their hopes were extinguished when the bus left without them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/#x4)
- The streetlights were extinguished at dawn. [tree →](https://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://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://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «extinguished» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extinguished/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«extinguished» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/extinguished.html) on Mova free.