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extinguishings

extinguishings is the plural of extinguishing.

Meaning of extinguishing

Noun

extinguishing (plural extinguishings)

  1. 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.2000, Michael Phillips, A Rift in Time, page 20

Questions about extinguishings

What is extinguishings the plural of?
Extinguishings is the plural of extinguishing.

Words near extinguishings in the dictionary

  1. extinguishers
  2. extinguishes
  3. extinguishest
  4. extinguisheth
  5. extinguishing
  6. extinguishings
  7. extinguishment
  8. extinguishments
  9. extinguisht
  10. extIPA
  11. extirp

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