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Extinguishment — Ex*tin guish*ment, n. 1. 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
extinction — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Extinguishment] Syn. quenching, drowning, putting out, blotting out, darkening, snuffing, turning out, turning off, smothering, stifling, dousing. 2. [Annihilation] Syn. abolition, extermination, extirpation, dying out; see… … English dictionary for students
extinguishment — shmənt noun ( s) : the act of extinguishing or the state of being extinguished : extinction the extinguishment of the Indians rights to lands D.E.Clark … Useful english dictionary
extinguishment — n. 1. Quenching, extinction. 2. Destruction, suppression, abolition, abolishment. See extinction … New dictionary of synonyms
extinguishment — noun a) The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished. b) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation … Wiktionary
extinction — Synonyms and related words: abolishment, abolition, abscission, amputation, annihilation, annulment, bane, biological death, blackout, blocking, burning out, burnout, cessation of life, choking, choking off, clinical death, controlling, crossing… … Moby Thesaurus
extinguishment — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Utter destruction: annihilation, eradication, extermination, extinction, extirpation, liquidation, obliteration. See CRIMES, HELP, MAKE. 2. Law. An often formal act of putting an end to: abolishment, abolition,… … English dictionary for students
extinction — ex tinc·tion || kʃn n. extinguishment; annihilation, total destruction … English contemporary dictionary
extinguishment — n. quenching, putting out, dousing; extinction, total destruction … English contemporary dictionary
extinction — n. 1. Extinguishment. 2. Destruction, annihilation, extirpation, extermination, excision, abolition, abolishment … New dictionary of synonyms
extinguishment of debt — The extinction or cancellation of a debt; as, by payment, by merging of the debtor and the creditor, by novation, or by the merger of a debt in a judgment. 30A Am J Rev ed Judgm § 321 … Ballentine's law dictionary
