Meaning of EXTINGUISH
| Pronunciation: | | ik'stinggwish
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- [v] kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
- [v] put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
- [v] extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
- [v] put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"
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| | Synonyms: | | annihilate, carry off, crush out, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, press out, quench, snuff out, stub out, wipe out |
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| | Antonyms: | | ignite, light | | |
| | See Also: | | black out, do away with, douse, end, get rid of, kill, put out, put out, smother, stamp, terminate | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ex*tin"guish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extinguished}; p
pr. & vb. n. {Extinguishing}.] [L. extinguere, exstinguere;
ex out + stinguere to quench. See {Distinguish}, {Finish}.]
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
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