extinguishing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of extinguish

plural extinguishings

1. The process by which something is extinguished.

   It took several accidental extinguishings and considerable tinkering with the external oxygen flow between Adam below and Jordan at the controls before he managed to get much ice melted.

   2000, Michael Phillips, A Rift in Time, page 20

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   The stars are formed of burning cloud; these are extinguished each day, but they are kindled again at night, like coals; for their risings and settings are really kindlings and extinguishings.

   2006, Richard Bibbee, The Diffential Equation: Generation of the Bi-cameral Mind, page 92