extinguished

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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 [WordNet 1.5]

2.destroyed physically or morally.

Syn: ruined. [WordNet 1.5]

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. [1913 Webster]

A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]

This extinguishes my right to the reversion.— Blackstone.[1913 Webster]

2.To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. [1913 Webster]

Natural graces that extinguish art.— Shak .[1913 Webster]

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]