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Extinct :: Extinct (a.) Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano..

Eclipse :: Eclipse (v. t.) To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing..

Douter :: Douter (n.) An extinguisher for candles.

Calyptra :: Calyptra (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body..

Slake :: Slake (a.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst..

Implacable :: Implacable (a.) Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable.

Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt..

Extinguishable :: Extinguishable (a.) Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed..

Extinction :: Extinction (n.) The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc..

Curfew :: Curfew (n.) The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself..

Coal :: Coal (n.) A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal..

Calyptriform :: Calyptriform (a.) Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher..

Extinguishment :: Extinguishment (n.) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.

Extinguishing :: Extinguishing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Extinguis.

Extinguishment :: Extinguishment (n.) The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection..

Lampadrome :: Lampadrome (n.) A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize..

Die :: Die (v. i.) To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.

Suffocate :: Suffocate (v. t.) To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire..

Amortize :: Amortize (v. t.) To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund..

Extinguish :: Extinguish (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor..

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