Verb (used with object) : to extinguish a candle. ,to extinguish hope.    From Dictionary.com. 

On April 19 an event took place that almost succeeded in extinguishing the rebellion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cristero Rebellion: part 2: the combat phase] Reference

I am going to show you where railways have spent immense sums of money in extinguishing these grade crossings, in many cases most willingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Railways and Grade Crossings] Reference

But for the exertions of the police in extinguishing the flames, made while the mob were pelting them with missiles, all the factory hands would have perished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference

It felt so wrong at first, the idea of extinguishing cigarettes in the carpet, of utter negligence in so many ways.    From Wordnik.com.  [Part III - Denouement] Reference

So now a clique of internationalists trained in the idea of extinguishing American independence are ensconced in the Obama administration.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Senators kicked around the idea of extinguishing the redemption rights of all junior lienors and to require them to protect their liens by bidding at the foreclosure sale.    From Wordnik.com.  [HOA Legi-Slate] Reference

In extinguishing thirst, they use not equal temperance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tacitus on Germany] Reference

A little Cupid is extinguishing his torch in the stream.    From Wordnik.com.  [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference

Then, extinguishing the fire, they retired for the night.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl] Reference

If life is at stake, extinguishing the flame is permitted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kindle the Hanukah lights carefully] Reference

Then let us beware of extinguishing that divine light in our souls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love's Final Victory] Reference

"Stop," said Pollio, arresting his companion and extinguishing the torch.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome] Reference

And I think the rebellion will never be extinguished without extinguishing slavery.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

"Yes, and it was this that suggested the famous scheme for extinguishing the volcano.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference

The supply of water is the most vital part of any exertions towards extinguishing fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction] Reference

A manufactory had taken fire, and everybody was rushing forward to assist in extinguishing it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

At the occupation of Lille the Germans at once set about extinguishing fires that had broken out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference

With the extinguishing of the city's lights bedlam broke loose in various portions of North Dayton.    From Wordnik.com.  [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference

Mikhail Barabanov: The official version is that a chemical-fire extinguishing system malfunctioned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tragedy Under The Sea] Reference

The hope of ever extinguishing warfare is as meagre as the advantage such a state of things would be.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

Her thick dressing gown, and the woollen shawl that she carried all helped in extinguishing the flame.    From Wordnik.com.  [A True Friend A Novel] Reference

Each child in turn is invited to jump over the candles, and if the feat be accomplished without extinguishing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Games For All Occasions] Reference

He remembered the extinguishing of the fire in 1813 (or 1811), the casting of fire-backs being the final task.    From Wordnik.com.  [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference

The sudden extinguishing of the lights alarmed Jack's friends, and brought them to the front room with a rush.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys] Reference

A very sufficient reason has prevented scepticism, from doing this -- from explicitly extinguishing the appeal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference

The flames, ascending the old chimney, soon rose to the roof of the house, but they succeeded in extinguishing them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference

Excluding gains from extinguishing debt and other items, per-share adjusted earnings rose to 33 cents from 21 cents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Domino's Profit Rises 56%] Reference

Occasional fires are caused by a very absurd method of extinguishing at night the fires kept in grates during the day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction] Reference

The only practical expedient for extinguishing the fire is to close all inlets and outlets in order to shut off the air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888] Reference

You may then crumple the paper, at the same time extinguishing the flame, by squeezing it suddenly, without burning yourself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference

It may be, however, that this defeat was necessary to bring us clearly to the point of extinguishing slavery in all the States.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference

Each twenty-four hours a few more buildings crumple or burn, although the Fire Department still is efficient in extinguishing flames.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference

Instead of extinguishing the behavior this leads to a ramping up to try to get the caretaker to understand how badly he or she is needed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Early Childhood Attachment: Building a 'Safe Haven' for Your Child] Reference