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1. (v.t.) extinguish
to cause to stop burning; put out:
to extinguish a fire.
2. extinguish
to put an end to or bring to an end; wipe out of existence; annihilate:
to extinguish hope.
3. extinguish
to obscure or eclipse, as by superior brilliance.
4. extinguish
Law. to discharge (a debt), as by payment.
Etymology: (1535–45; < L ex(s)tingu(ere) (ex-ex -1+stinguere to quench) + -ish2)
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| Definition of 'extinguish' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) snuff out, extinguish
put an end to; kill
"The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
2. (verb) snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
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"
3. (verb) stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out
extinguish by crushing
"stub out your cigar"
4. (verb) extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
terminate, end, or take out
"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
5. (verb) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
kill in large numbers
"the plague wiped out an entire population"
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1. (verb) extinguish
to stop a fire burning
Firefighters extinguished the blaze.
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| Definition of 'extinguish' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) extinguish
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. (verb) extinguish
to obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor
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Sense: to put out (a fire etc)
Please extinguish your cigarettes.
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 Afrikaans: blus |
 Arabic: يُطْفِئ |
 Bulgarian: гася |
 Brazilian: extinguir |
 Czech: uhasit |
 German: löschen |
 Danish: slukke |
 Greek: σβήνω |
 Spanish: extinguir, apagar |
 Estonian: ära kustutama |
 Farsi: خاموش کردن؛ از بین بردن |
 Finnish: sammuttaa |
 French: éteindre |
 Hebrew: לְכַבּוֹת |
 Hindi: बुझाना |
 Croatian: ugasiti |
 Hungarian: elolt, kiolt |
 Indonesian: memadamkan |
 Icelandic: slökkva, drepa í |
 Italian: spegnere |
 Japanese: 消す |
 Korean: 불을 끄다 |
 Lithuanian: užgesinti |
 Latvian: nodzēst; izdzēst |
 Malay: padamkan |
 Dutch: uitdoven |
 Norwegian: slokke, utslette |
 Polish: gasić |
 Persian: خاموش کردن؛ از بین بردن |
 Pashto: وركول،له منځه وړل |
 Portuguese: extinguir |
 Romanian: a stinge |
 Russian: гасить, тушить |
 Slovak: zahasiť |
 Slovenian: ugasiti |
 Serbian: ugasiti |
 Swedish: släcka |
 Thai: ทำให้ไฟดับ |
 Turkish: söndürmek |
 Taiwanese: 熄滅 |
 Ukrainian: гасити |
 Urdu: بجھانا |
 Vietnamese: dập tắt |
 Chinese: 熄灭 |
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