Definition of Extinguished

1. Adjective. Of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement.

Category relationships: Psychological Science, Psychology
Similar to: Destroyed

Definition of Extinguished

1. Verb. (past of extinguish) ¹

2. Adjective. referring to something that has been eliminated ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Extinguished

1. extinguish [v] - See also: extinguish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extinguished

extinction oblique
extinction parallel
extinction symmetrical
extinctionism
extinctionist
extinctionists
extinctions
extinctive
extincts
extine
extines
extinguish
extinguishable
extinguishant
extinguishants
extinguished (current term)
extinguisher
extinguishers
extinguishes
extinguisheth
extinguishing
extinguishment
extinguishments
extinguisht
extirp
extirpable
extirpate
extirpated
extirpates
extirpating

Literary usage of Extinguished

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"The circuit judge held that the debt was not extinguished, ... Cent Dig. i S26. tracts, the debt Is extinguished only in the proportion which the true value ..."

2. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"... on the high altar are likewise extinguished, and at its close the single ... The last candle, Benedict XIV. explains, is hidden, not extinguished, ..."

3. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"... and when the Indian title'to the lands thus described shall be extinguished, the jurisdiction over said lands shall be, and hereby is, ..."

4. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... Indian claims extinguished, or the adventurers compensated for their lauds. I have no doubt but you will take the premises under due deliberation, ..."

5. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1816)
"This Knowledge extinguished or corrupted,partly by Ignorance, partly by Wickedness. VV^HILE experience testifies that the seeds of religion are sown by God ..."

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