 extinguish |
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| 1. | [ verb ] put an end to; kill | |
| Synonyms: | snuff_out | |
| Examples: | "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" |
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| Related terms: | eliminate stamp smother extinction | |
| 2. | [ verb ] put out, as of fires, flames, or lights | |
| Synonyms: | blow_out quench snuff_out obliterate | |
| Examples: | "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained" "quench the flames" "snuff out the candles" |
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| Related terms: | ignite black_out douse extinction | |
| 3. | [ verb ] extinguish by crushing | |
| Synonyms: | stub_out press_out crush_out | |
| Examples: | "stub out your cigar" |
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| Related terms: | end end | |
| 4. | [ verb ] kill in large numbers | |
| Synonyms: | eliminate eradicate annihilate wipe_out carry_off decimate | |
| Examples: | "the plague wiped out an entire population" |
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| Related terms: | kill decimate annihilation annihilation decimation annihilator | |
| Similar spelling: |
extinguisher extinguished extinguishing exciting extinction excitingly |
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