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extinguishment

noun

Etymology

From extinguish + -ment.

  1. borrowed from extinguo
  2. suffixed as extinguishment — “extinguish + ment”

Definitions

  1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.

  2. The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for extinguishment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA