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extinguish

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"Put out"

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10 lettersPronunciation /ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/Part of speech verbSorted eghiinstuxStarts with EEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (EXTINGUISH).

Definitions

  1. kill in large numbers

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin extinguo (“to put out (what is burning), quench, extinguish, deprive of life, destroy, abolish”), from ex (“out”) + stinguere (“to put out, quench, extinguish”). Doublet of extinct.

Used in a sentence

  • A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison
  • The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
  • She extinguished all my hopes.

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