extinguishverb [ T ]
uk/ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/us/ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/extinguish verb [ T ] (FIRE/LIGHT)
to stop a fire or a light burning:
It took the firefighters several hours to extinguish the flames.
to extinguish a cigarette
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Fire service
- beat
- fire alarm
- fire blanket
- fire brigade
- fire department
- fire drill
- fire engine
- fire extinguisher
- fire hydrant
- fire marshal
- fire plug
- fire truck
- firefighter
- firefighting
- firehouse
- fireman
- fireproof
- firetrail
- firetrap
- flame-retardant
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Stopping fires
extinguish verb [ T ] (FEELING/IDEA)
literary to stop or get rid of an idea or feeling:
Nothing could extinguish his love for her.
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Forgetting and forgetfulness
- absent-minded
- be on the tip of your tongue idiom
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- blank
- blot sth out
- blur
- brain fade
- ear
- go in one ear and out the other idiom
- least
- least said soonest mended idiom
- lose sight of sth idiom 1
- lose sight of sth
- sight
- sink
- slip sb's memory/mind idiom
- slip through the net idiom
- take sb's mind off sth idiom
- unlearn
- your mind is a blank/goes blank idiom
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