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extinguishment

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Polskiumorzenie
Svenskautsläckning

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 […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

extIPA Extirpate Extirpated Extirpates Extirpating Extirpation

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