- past participle of extinguish.
- past tense form of extinguish.
extinguished
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Vista Equity Partners, which acquired the company in 2016, had planned an initial public offering in 2024 that would have repaid or extinguished the debt, but the deal failed to launch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
A tree near the building entrance briefly caught fire before firefighters extinguished it.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Once the fire was extinguished, Lineage was tasked with removing the 89 million pounds of meat and food stored inside as fast as possible before it spoiled in the scorching summer heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
He ended that speech saying that Diana would “never be extinguished from our minds,” a line he now says he included as a retort to Charles’s call saying that she would be forgotten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
He lowered his voice and waved the now extinguished candle at me.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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