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Nina_Nia Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

To extinguish

Hello,

Is the verb to extinguish always used in the figurative meaning in this sense below?

2 extinguish something
to destroy something
News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace.

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Nina_Nia Is the verb to extinguish always used in the figurative meaning No. It is the formal way of saying "put out". The firefighters extinguished the fire.

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  • Nina_Nia Is the verb to extinguish always used in the figurative meaning No.
  • It is the formal way of saying "put out".
  • The firefighters extinguished the fire.
  • We put out our campfire before leaving.
  • The altar boys extinguished the candles as the congregation filed out.
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Nina_NiaIs the verb to extinguish always used in the figurative meaning
No. It is the formal way of saying "put out".

The firefighters extinguished the fire.
We put out our campfire before leaving.
The altar boys extinguished the candles as the congregation filed out.
We put our torches out in the stream when dawn finally broke.
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I mean in this sense:

News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace.
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I guess I don't know what you're asking. I thought you wanted to know whether "the verb 'to extinguish' (is) always used in the figurative meaning in this sense". I demonstrated that it also has literal uses.


If you mean to ask whether the verb "to extinguish" has other figurative uses, then sure, I suppose.

His infidelity extinguished her love for him.
The smell from t
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enoonIf you mean to ask whether the verb "to extinguish" has other figurative uses, then sure, I suppose.
Yes, that's exactly what I was asking about. Thanks.
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