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• Extinguisher

  [ik-sting-gwi-sher] /ɪkˈstɪŋ gwɪ ʃər/ noun 1. a person or thing that . 2. . 3. an instrument consisting of a cone-shaped cup attached to a handle or the end of a pole, for a candle by momentarily closing off the burning wick from the air. n. 1550s, agent noun from extinguish. As a mechanical device […]

• Extinguishment

  [ik-sting-gwish] /ɪkˈstɪŋ gwɪʃ/ verb (used with object) 1. to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle. 2. to put an end to or bring to an end; wipe out of existence; annihilate: to extinguish hope. 3. to obscure or eclipse, as by superior […]

• Extirpate

  [ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt] /ˈɛk stərˌpeɪt, ɪkˈstɜr peɪt/ verb (used with object), extirpated, extirpating. 1. to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate. 2. to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair. /ˈɛkstəˌpeɪt/ verb (transitive) 1. to remove or destroy completely 2. to pull up or out; […]

• Extirpated

  [ek-ster-peyt, ik-stur-peyt] /ˈɛk stərˌpeɪt, ɪkˈstɜr peɪt/ verb (used with object), extirpated, extirpating. 1. to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate. 2. to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair. /ˈɛkstəˌpeɪt/ verb (transitive) 1. to remove or destroy completely 2. to pull up or out; […]

• Extol

  [ik-stohl, -stol] /ɪkˈstoʊl, -ˈstɒl/ verb (used with object), extolled, extolling. 1. to praise highly; laud; eulogize: to extol the beauty of Naples. /ɪkˈstəʊl/ verb -tols, -tolling, -tolled (US) -tolls, -tolling, -tolled 1. (transitive) to praise lavishly; exalt v. also extoll, c.1400, “to lift up,” from Latin extollere “to place on high, raise, elevate,” figuratively “to […]

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