- present participle of extinguish.
extinguishing
Example Sentences
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Ecologist Angharad Owen, who started the petition calling for aerial support to tackle blazes in remote places like Rhinogydd, said they were "proven to be highly effective in managing and extinguishing wildfires swiftly".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Trump administration officials affirmed Cole Allen shot a Secret Service officer, extinguishing doubt about the source of the gunfire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
The company that flips the houses it buys online reported a widening loss of $1.1 billion, from a $113 million loss in the year-ago period, mostly on the cost of extinguishing debt.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026
Bitcoin dropped back below a key level early Monday, extinguishing hopes that last week’s mini-rebound would become a full-fledged comeback.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
Celia closes her eyes and imagines it drifting as a firefly through the darkened seas, imagines its slow extinguishing.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
