Extinguish - Definition
extinguish
v 1: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of
many Jewish children" [syn: snuff out, extinguish]
2: 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"; "snuff out the candles"
[syn: snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench] [ant:
ignite, light]
3: extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar" [syn: stub
out, crush out, extinguish, press out]
4: terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on
Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these
archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" [syn: extinguish,
eliminate, get rid of, do away with]
5: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire
population" [syn: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish,
eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off]