Thesaurus: extinguish

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1. v. t. To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
2. v. t. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
3. v. extinguish by crushing
4. v. put an end to; kill
5. v. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
6. v. terminate, end, or take out
7. v. kill in large numbers
8. 1. To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right. A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish. Prescott. This extinguishes my right to the reversion. Blackstone. 2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. Natural graces that extinguish art. Shak .
9. v:100 v. terminate, end, or take out