put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
Used in a Sentence
extinguish
How to use extinguish in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for extinguish.
Editorial note
[1]I'm calling it "embrace, give away, and extinguish.
Examples14
Definitions5
Parts of speech1
Quick take
put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of extinguish gathered in one view.
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for extinguish.
verb
put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
verb
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
See also: quench
verb
extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
verb
terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
See also: eliminate
verb
kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
See also: eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, decimate
Example sentences
[1]I'm calling it "embrace, give away, and extinguish.
Or the "old Google" was just the first phase of embrace/extend/extinguish, and you didn't realize.
And as others have said Microsoft's embrace, extend, extinguish didn't help.
They're definitely on the "extend" phase of embrace, extend, extinguish.
> and released by a company with a history of > "embrace, extend, extinguish.
"Uh huh. "Mom & Pop business" seems to be the new "won't somebody please think of the children" line designed to extinguish all rational thought.
This is the evolution of "embrace, extend, and extinguish," a successful tactic used by Microsoft for many years.
So all authorities have to do to extinguish any "copyright freedom fighter" is to invent charges against them.
You're proclaiming an "embrace, extend, extinguish" when the fact is that nothing on GitHub is incompatible in any way with git off of GitHub.
If push came to shove it could be used to extinguish the debt through some other anti-tax vehicle or by taking the I-didn't-plan-sufficiently penalty.
20 year exclusives for vaguely worded patents on things that are more often than not obvious is just a means for big companies to extinguish smaller companies.
The government's mantra has historically been similar to that of Microsoft's: embrace, extend, extinguish.
Had that documentation existed, he would have had ample authority to extinguish that debt in the ordinary course of business, and it would have likely had favorable personal tax consequences.
The provenance is equally unpalatable, from my point of view; Google may not be aiming for "extinguish", not least because that's not very likely with the web at this point, but it's certainly aiming for "embrace, extend, coopt", which is not much better.> That someone who appears to be speaking for MozillaIn general, people who work on Mozilla speak for themselves.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use extinguish in a sentence?
[1]I'm calling it "embrace, give away, and extinguish.
What does extinguish mean?
put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
What part of speech is extinguish?
extinguish is commonly used as verb.