extinguishing

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extinguishing

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of extinguish

noun extinguishings

The process by which something is extinguished. It took several accidental extinguishings and considerable tinkering with the external oxygen flow between Adam below and Jordan at the controls before he managed to get much ice melted.

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@misc{extinguishing_2026,
  title = {extinguishing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/extinguishing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}