English Dictionary

extinguishment

noun

The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished. / (law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.

The extinguishment of the fire was a relief to everyone.

意味（1）

The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.

[…] surely there have been atrocities which demanded of the white man the punishment of the evil-doer; but far more have been the starvings and the flights and the extinguishments which have visited the Indian, for the offence of living […]

意味（2）

(law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.