extinguish
memadamkan
definition
verb
firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze
cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
example
She would blow out all the candles, 'extinguish' the fire and shiver in the cold.
Accordingly, in our view the flooding of the land did not 'extinguish' native title.
Police ordered the picketers to stay on the sidewalk, set up wooden barricades to pen them in and told strikers to 'extinguish' the fires in oil drums they lit to stay warm.
It gradually increased until the sensation felt as though I had swallowed fire and could not 'extinguish' the flame.
firemen were soaking everything to 'extinguish' the blaze
There were some I saw who were steeped in phosphor: They were burning like torches and they jumped into the water to 'extinguish' the fire.
The fabric and wood fueled the flames while fire units worked to 'extinguish' the blaze.
It took the entire Halon fire bottle to 'extinguish' the flames.
When we destroy ecosystems and 'extinguish' species, we degrade the greatest heritage this planet has to offer and thereby threaten our own existence.
After all, poverty, disease and ignorance kill many more people each year than terrorists, and do much more to cause suffering and 'extinguish' hope.
firemen were soaking everything to 'extinguish' the blaze
I accept that there may be situations in which if a creditor unconditionally assigns the benefit of a debt to a debtor, he will thereby 'extinguish' the debt.
Within seconds, the Fireguard recognized that the JFS could not blow out the fire and used the fire extinguisher to quickly 'extinguish' the blaze.
Fire fighters managed to 'extinguish' the blaze around 5pm.
Most periods of limitation do not 'extinguish' the claimant's right but merely bar his remedy.
Elected dictatorships, which 'extinguish' opposition, destroy the political process too.
After 'extinguishing' the flames fire crews found Michelle and her sons.
Their property rights are 'extinguished' by this legislation.
I'd never have explored the Tamil area, or written about their civilisation now destroyed, 'extinguished' .
More than 200 firefighters from Arlington, Va., and other nearby towns, 'extinguished' a fire that burned for nearly three days.
Although, in Mabo, Indigenous Australians won recognition of their traditional rights to land, the High Court by the narrowest majority (four to three) decided that these fragile rights were readily 'extinguishable' .
But why then are so many women 'extinguished' by the perpetrators?
But late on Friday night that last flicker of hope was 'extinguished' by two policemen who broke the news that a body had been found in the river and dental records confirmed it was Glynn.
How volatile might Turkey become if his hope of entry were 'extinguished' ?
It is not a very clear 'extinguishment' of common law rights.
‘In general, it is very rare that we would consider an 'extinguishment' anywhere, without being certain of an equivalent or alternative route,’ she said.
If Dundee went into the break with renewed hope, it was 'extinguished' 10 minutes after the restart.
Any lingering hopes West had were 'extinguished' virtually from the restart when Thomson slotted another penalty to effectively kill the game.
The debts were automatically 'extinguished' by collection and their proceeds never became subject to a fixed charge.
I shrieked and jumped back, as he, laughing with amusement, murmured another set of words and a different ray of light 'extinguished' the fire.
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