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What fire, hope, and birthday candles all have in common eventually.
means Caused to stop burning, or, figuratively, brought to a complete and final end.
from From Latin extinguere, to quench or put out, where stinguere meant to prick or snuff a flame down to nothing.
Legal afterlifeDebts and rights can be extinguished, no flames required.
Volcano talkGeologists prefer extinct, but the metaphor's identical.
Silent GThe g hides, like the flame it killed.