'Extinguished' definitions:
Definition of 'extinguished'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement
Definition of 'Extinguished'
From: GCIDE
- Extinguish \Ex*tin"guish\ ([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extinguished([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sht); p pr. & vb. n. Extinguishing.] [L. extinguere, exstinguere; ex out + stinguere to quench. See Distinguish, Finish.]
- 1. To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right. [1913 Webster]
- A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- This extinguishes my right to the reversion. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. [1913 Webster]
- Natural graces that extinguish art. --Shak . [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'extinguished'
From: GCIDE
- destroyed \destroyed\ adj.
- 1. p. p. of destroy. [Narrower terms: {annihilated, exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted}; blighted, spoilt; {blotted out, obliterate, obliterated}; demolished, dismantled, razed; {done for(predicate), kaput(predicate), gone(prenominal), lost, finished(predicate)}; extinguished; {ruined, wiped out(predicate), impoverished}; totaled, wrecked; war-torn, war-worn; {despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked}] Also See: damaged. Antonym: preserved [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. destroyed physically or morally.
- Syn: ruined. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'extinguished'
From: GCIDE
- extinguished \extinguished\ adj.
- 1. (Psychol.) caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement; -- of a conditioned response. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. no longer burning; -- of a fire.
- Syn: extinct, out(predicate), quenched. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. no longer existing; -- of species.
- Syn: dead. [WordNet 1.5]