EXTINGUISHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extinguished mean? 

• EXTINGUISHED (adjective)
  The adjective EXTINGUISHED has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: EXTINGUISHED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTINGUISHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Similar:

destroyed (spoiled or ruined or demolished)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

 Context examples 

Just at my bedside, the figure stopped: the fiery eyes glared upon me—she thrust up her candle close to my face, and extinguished it under my eyes.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

When night came on and brought sleep with it, I was in the greatest fear lest my fire should be extinguished.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Alas! It was snuffed and extinguished in one.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I was too soon, then, since he had not extinguished his candles.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That they might have met without ill consequence is perhaps probable; but his regard did not appear to me enough extinguished for him to see her without some danger.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

We brought the locker out, extinguished the candle, fastened the door on the outside, and left the old boat close shut up, a dark speck in the cloudy night.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

About nine o’clock the light among the trees was extinguished, and all was dark in the direction of the Manor House.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"There are 22 fires and five of those are not contained. There's still a lot of fire around the landscape," he said, adding it would be at least several days before they were extinguished.

(Australian Wildfires Destroy Homes, Kill Cattle as Hundreds of People Flee, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I had myself extinguished the lamp and closed the door before coming to bed.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Tumultuous applause followed but received an unexpected check, for the cot bed, on which the dress circle was built, suddenly shut up and extinguished the enthusiastic audience.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)