today's verbing

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> When I need a verb for 'make extinct' I use "extinguish".

I suppose you also say "self-destroy" instead of "self-destruct".

(Not exactly the same thing, I know...)


--Ben Zimmer

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