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as in choked
to cause to cease burning
the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on
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as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
a fatal blunder that extinguished all hope that the team would actually win the play-offs
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Recent Examples of extinguished
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
After the fire was extinguished, emergency medical personnel declared the woman dead at the scene.
—Susan Haigh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
After the fire was extinguished, the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 23 Dec. 2024
Firefighters quickly extinguished and contained a kitchen fire.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 Dec. 2024
Another person was nearby as police processed the scene and the woman’s body was already extinguished.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024
That last bit of hope will be extinguished at the end of this year when engineers will no longer monitor for radio signals from InSight.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The vehicle fire was quickly extinguished without any damage to nearby vehicles, Garrahy said.
—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 18 Dec. 2024
Earlier Saturday morning, firefighters extinguished four other blazes in Queens and the Bronx.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
After the fire was extinguished, emergency medical personnel declared the woman dead at the scene.
—Susan Haigh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
After the fire was extinguished, the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
—Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 23 Dec. 2024
Firefighters quickly extinguished and contained a kitchen fire.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 Dec. 2024
Another person was nearby as police processed the scene and the woman’s body was already extinguished.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024
That last bit of hope will be extinguished at the end of this year when engineers will no longer monitor for radio signals from InSight.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The vehicle fire was quickly extinguished without any damage to nearby vehicles, Garrahy said.
—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 18 Dec. 2024
Earlier Saturday morning, firefighters extinguished four other blazes in Queens and the Bronx.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extinguished
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Many industries and landfills that made life untenable are gone, wiped out by economic downturns and deindustrialization, but the land and air are still so choked with detritus and pollution that people have not returned.Larkin Gallup, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
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Hawkins Point had historically been used as a defensive boundary and was sacrificed to keep Baltimore safe from the toxicity that choked residents while allowing the city to benefit from the income industries brought in.Larkin Gallup, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
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Israel responded with a devastating campaign of airstrikes and a ground invasion that have killed more than 45,000 people, destroyed much of the enclave and displaced nearly two million.Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Almost all of Gaza’s other schools are either shuttered, destroyed or have been converted into shelters for the displaced.Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Finally, the wall that had the last remaining barely visible image of Christ was demolished.Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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Years later, the elder sister is told that the camp will be demolished soon by her deceased sister.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
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Telluride, Colorado There is something perennially romantic about mountain towns in the winter when their quaint streets, open fields, and jagged peaks are blanketed with the whitest of snow.Elise Taylor, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
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How a Federal Shortfall Impacts Avalanche Forecasting The bad news broke just a few weeks before the first snowfall blanketed the Rockies.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
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Collegiate sports have been ruined by the NCAA.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Others shared similar heartwarming stories of kind ways their postal workers went out of their way to cleverly deliver presents in boxes that could’ve ruined holiday surprises.Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024
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As usual, the Blue Moon employees are rowdy and ready to party; their festive spirits are doused with bah humbug reality when Maddie demands everyone work over the holiday.Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
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As usual, the Blue Moon employees are rowdy and ready to party; their festive spirits are doused with bah humbug reality when Maddie demands everyone work over the holiday.Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
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Cooper’s passing game involvement has been relatively muted as well.Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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Colors are muted and subtle, but brighter than on some rivals.David Phelan, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The 1995-97 newspaper strike scrambled the lives of many and wrecked a good deal of camaraderie.Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
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So many of those at highest risk are too young to remember the days when HIV wrecked communities.Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Extinguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extinguished. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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