"extinguishing" meaning in English

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        "present participle and gerund of extinguish"
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          "text": "It took several accidental extinguishings and considerable tinkering with the external oxygen flow between Adam below and Jordan at the controls before he managed to get much ice melted.",
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          "text": "The stars are formed of burning cloud; these are extinguished each day, but they are kindled again at night, like coals; for their risings and settings are really kindlings and extinguishings.",
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        "The process by which something is extinguished."
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