'Extinguish' definitions:
Definition of 'extinguish'
(from WordNet)
verb
Put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" [syn: snuff out, extinguish]
verb
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]
verb
verb
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]
verb
Definition of 'Extinguish'
From: GCIDE
- Extinguish \Ex*tin"guish\ ([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extinguished([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sht); 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. [1913 Webster]
- A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- This extinguishes my right to the reversion. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. [1913 Webster]
- Natural graces that extinguish art. --Shak . [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'extinguish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abolish,
- abscind,
- adumbrate,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- asphyxiate,
- ban,
- banish,
- bar,
- blot out,
- blow out,
- bob,
- bottle up,
- call off,
- cancel,
- censor,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- clip,
- complete,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crop,
- crush,
- cull,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- damp,
- damp down,
- delete,
- destroy,
- dim,
- dispose of,
- do away with,
- dock,
- douse,
- drop the curtain,
- drown,
- eclipse,
- eliminate,
- end off,
- enucleate,
- eradicate,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- expunge,
- exterminate,
- extirpate,
- fake out,
- finalize,
- finish,
- fold up,
- gag,
- get it over,
- get over with,
- get through with,
- give the quietus,
- hold down,
- isolate,
- jump on,
- kayo,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kibosh,
- kill,
- knock off,
- knock out,
- KO,
- lop,
- mutilate,
- muzzle,
- nip,
- nullify,
- obliterate,
- obscure,
- out,
- outdo,
- overshadow,
- pare,
- peel,
- perfect,
- pick out,
- polish off,
- pour water on,
- prune,
- put down,
- put out,
- put paid to,
- put to shame,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- remove,
- repress,
- root out,
- rule out,
- scrag,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shave,
- shear,
- shoot down,
- show up,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slack,
- smash,
- smother,
- snuff,
- snuff out,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- take off,
- take out,
- throttle,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- truncate,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- uproot,
- wipe,
- wipe out,
- zap