extinguishment en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English extinguish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English extinguishment From extinguish + -ment.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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:
- (countable, uncountable) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| extinguishments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |