extinguishment
extinguishment noun: the act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
Noun
extinguishment (countable and uncountable, plural extinguishments)
- The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
- […] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]1868, Margaret Carrington, Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka, Land of Massacre
- The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
extinguishment meaning in Tamil
extinguishment in Tamil
- அணைத்து விடுதல்
Forms of extinguishment
| plural | extinguishments |
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Origin of extinguishment
From extinguish + -ment.
Questions about extinguishment
- What does extinguishment mean?
- Extinguishment means the act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
- What is extinguishment in Tamil?
- Extinguishment in Tamil is அணைத்து விடுதல். See Extinguishment meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is extinguishment?
- Extinguishment is a noun.
- What is the plural of extinguishment?
- The plural of extinguishment is extinguishments.
Words near extinguishment in the dictionary
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