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Definition of Extinguishing

1. Noun. The act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning. "The extinction of the lights"

Definition of Extinguishing

1. Verb. (present participle of extinguish) ¹

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Definition of Extinguishing

1. extinguish [v] - See also: extinguish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extinguishing

Literary usage of Extinguishing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Casinghead Gas by Henry Palmer Westcott (1922)
"extinguishing Burning Liquids—There are two principal methods of ... To dilute the burning liquid with a non-inflammable extinguishing agent that will mix ..."

2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"Payment Is a mode of extinguishing obligations. It is an act calling for the exercise of will, of consent. To constitute a payment, money or some other ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"On extinguishing Fires. By CB KINO. The subject, he remarked at the outset ... In extinguishing fires of any magnitude, the steam fire-engine must ever hold ..."

4. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Some instances of the practice of annually extinguishing fires and relighting them from a new and sacred l witnessed it at Athens, on April 13th, ..."

5. Hand-book of Modern Steam Fire-engines: Including the Running, Care and by Stephen Roper (1897)
"DIFFERENT METHODS OF extinguishing FIRES. Numerous attempts have been made at different times to increase the efficiency of water by chemicals, ..."

6. Rural Credits, Land and Cooperative by Myron Timothy Herrick, R. Ingalls (1914)
"Four Methods of extinguishing a Loan.—History of Amortization Plan. ... There are four methods besides payment in full of extinguishing a reducible or ..."

7. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"The legal effects of payment, considered as a method of extinguishing obligations, must, in questions with foreigners, be determined according to the lex ..."

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