Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
of a conditioned response;
caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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
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2. destroyed physically or morally.
Syn: ruined.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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A light which the fierce winds have no power to
extinguish. --Prescott.
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This extinguishes my right to the reversion.
--Blackstone.
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2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
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Natural graces that extinguish art. --Shak
.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
extinguished
adj 1: of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of
the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement