extinguish

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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. Source: opted

3. v. extinguish by crushing Source: wordnet

4. v. put an end to; kill Source: wordnet

5. v. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights Source: wordnet

6. v. terminate, end, or take out Source: wordnet

7. v. kill in large numbers Source: wordnet

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 . Source: webster

9. v:100 v. terminate, end, or take out Source: ecdict

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