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What is the adjective for extinguishment?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb extinguish which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

extinct
  1. (dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
  2. No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
  3. No longer in existence; having died out.
  4. (volcanology) No longer actively erupting.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. defunct, dead, gone, expired, departed, bygone, done, late, vanished, bypast, deceased, lost, ended, fallen, nonextant, lifeless, obsolete, asleep, cold, exanimate, archaic, destroyed, superseded, terminated, void, nonexistent, extinguished, outmoded, exterminated, disappeared, out, inactive, passé, abolished, doused, quenched, inexistent, vanquished, passed on, wiped out, done for, died out, dead and gone, no longer extant, snuffed out, no longer existing, no longer known, perished, finished, demised … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “But the related species of one extinct group, the glyptodonts, had a single-piece carapace similar to that of tortoises.”
      “A Lancaster woman is to hike 6,000 metres up to the summit of an extinct volcano.”
      “He declined to put a figure on the number of shops that could close or retailers that could go extinct.”
extinctive
  1. Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The production of a claim shall stop the extinctive prescription of the claim.”
      “These calculations are performed with an extinctive view of the balance sheet.”
      “We would note the new provisions in respect of legal hypothecs, extinctive prescription and arbitration clauses.”
extinctual
  1. Of, related to, or resembling extinction.
extinguisht
  1. Obsolete form of extinguished.
extinctic
  1. (rare) Of, or related to extinction.
extinguishant
  1. That serves to extinguish
extinguishable
  1. Able to be extinguished.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Let's start with suggesting one might immediately start paying down any extinguishable floating rate debt.”
      “Life is much vaster and deeper, it cannot be lived with the aid of an extinguishable lamp.”
      “The blue light casts a glow on the land that is only extinguishable by nightfall.”
extinguished
  1. Having been quenched or eliminated.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. extinct, defunct, dead, gone, expired, departed, bygone, done, late, vanished, bypast, deceased, lost, ended, fallen, nonextant, lifeless, obsolete, asleep, cold, exanimate, archaic, destroyed, superseded, terminated, void, nonexistent, outmoded, exterminated, disappeared, out, inactive, passé, abolished, doused, quenched, inexistent, vanquished, passed on, wiped out, done for, died out, dead and gone, no longer extant, snuffed out, no longer existing, no longer known, perished, smothered, snuffed … more
extinguishing
  1. present participle of extinguish
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dousing, quenching, smothering, putting out, blanketing, dowsing, stifling, douting, snuffing out, stamping out, beating out, choking, drowning, outing, snuffing, suffocating, trampling, blowing out, dampening down, blotting out, stubbing out, putting out a fire, dampening, pressing out, crushing out, damping down, quelling, extinguishing fire, turning out, deactivating, stopping, killing, halting, cutting, turning off, switching off, shutting off, shutting down, flicking off, powering down, turning down, disabling, cutting out, disconnecting, shutting, unplugging, tripping, neutralizing … more
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