[Lexicog] Re: extinguish ~ die

[Scott]

I would say the fire died out if I were burning a log and the embers were
reduced to ashes;

I would extinguish the fire by pouring water over it or otherwise depriving
it of oxygen.

 

N. Scott Catledge, Phs/STD

Professor Emeritus (ret.)

history & languages

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