extinguish

🇺🇸 /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/ 🇬🇧 /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/
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verb
R

to put out a fire or light

Firefighters worked to extinguish the blazing building.

消防員努力撲滅燃燒的大樓。

R

to end or destroy something

The bad news seemed to extinguish all hope for a quick solution.

這個壞消息似乎撲滅了所有快速解決的希望。

translation

v. 熄滅, 消滅

詞形變化

3rd Present extinguishes
Past extinguished
Perfect extinguished
Progressive extinguishing