extinguished

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extinguished

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of extinguish The cowboys extinguished the fire.

adjective more extinguished · most extinguished

  1. Having been quenched or eliminated. The cowboys buried their trash next to the extinguished fire.

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Closest in meaning: extinct, destroyed, dead, out, quenched, annihilated, downed, shattered, shut, faded, devastated, terminated, disappeared, lapsed, gone, canceled

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"extinguished." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/extinguished. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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extinguished. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/extinguished

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"extinguished." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/extinguished.

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@misc{extinguished_2026,
  title = {extinguished},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/extinguished},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}