Definition of Extinguishment. Meaning of Extinguishment. Synonyms of Extinguishment

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Definition of Extinguishment

Extinguishment
Extinguishment Ex*tin"guish*ment, n. 1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection. 2. (Law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation. --Abbott.

Meaning of Extinguishment from wikipedia

- (2008) Extinguishment. Accessed June 16, 2008 Rawle, Francis; Bouvier, John. (1914) Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia Extinguishment. Pp...
- Congress to extinguish aboriginal title—by "purchase or conquest," or with a clear statement—is plenary and exclusive. Such extinguishment is not compensable...
- "Embrace, extend, and extinguish" (EEE), also known as "embrace, extend, and exterminate", is a phrase that the U.S. Department of Justice found was used...
- Numismatic Bibliography of Dr L.H. Cope". Retrieved 19 November 2016. Extinguishment of Alkali Metal Fires, S.J. Rodgers and W.A. Everson, Technical Do****entary...
- million years. Due to thermal insulation and the avoidance of rain/snow extinguishment by the crust, underground coal-seam fires are the most persistent fires...
- streets were in ruins. The last fires at the World Trade Center site were extinguished on December 20. The Deutsche Bank Building was damaged and was later...
- Illyrians. One of the three "Great Flames" of the Achaemenid Empire was extinguished during the reign of Alexander the Great to honour the death of his close...
- was treated with extreme savagery—the Xia civilization was essentially extinguished in what Man described as a "very successful ethnocide". The exact nature...
- spark extinguishing system (also known as spark detection and extinguishing system") is used for preventive fire protection. A spark extinguishing system...
- is the run-down of a jet engine or other turbine engine due to the extinguishment of the flame in its combustor. The loss of flame can have a variety...