extinguish
— Verb
– English
~ terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
extinguishable
— Adjective
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~ capable of being extinguished or killed; "an extinguishable fire"; "hope too is extinguishable"
extinguished
— Adjective
– English
~ of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement
extinguisher
— Noun
– English
~ a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
extinguishing
— Noun
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~ the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
extirpable
— Adjective
– English
~ capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out
extirpate
— Verb
– English
~ pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
extirpate
— Verb
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~ destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"
extirpate
— Verb
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~ surgically remove (an organ)
extirpation
— Noun
– English
~ surgical removal of a body part or tissue
extirpation
— Noun
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~ the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
extol
— Verb
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~ praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
extoller
— Noun
– English
~ someone who communicates high praise
extolment
— Noun
– English
~ an expression of approval and commendation; "he always appreciated praise for his work"
extort
— Verb
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~ get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
extort
— Verb
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~ obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
extort
— Verb
– English
~ obtain through intimidation
extortion
— Noun
– English
~ the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
extortion
— Noun
– English
~ unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty"