Extinguishment
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished. countable, uncountable
"[…] 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 […]"
- 2 The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"[…] 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 […]"
Etymology
From extinguish + -ment.
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