extinguish

tr.v., -guished, -guish·ing, -guish·es.

1. To put out (a fire, for example); quench.
2. To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy. See synonyms at abolish.
3. To obscure; eclipse.
4. Law.
   1. To settle or discharge (a debt).
   2. To nullify: extinguished their title to the property.
5. Psychology. To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).

[Latin exstinguere : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + stinguere, to quench.]

extinguishable ex·tin'guish·a·ble adj.
extinguishment ex·tin'guish·ment n.

verb

1. To cause to stop burning or giving light: douse, put out, quench, snuff out. See continue/stop/pause.
2. To destroy all traces of: abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extirpate, kill¹, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root¹ (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help/harm/harmless, make/unmake.
3. To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off, crush, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. Idioms: put the lid on. See continue/stop/pause, win/lose/recovery.
4. To put an end to, especially formally and with authority: abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void. See continue/stop/pause.

v

Definition: kill; quash
Antonyms: bear, create

v

Definition: put out a fire
Antonyms: light

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - slukke, udslette, kvæle, ophæve, bortfalde, gøre tavs

Nederlands (Dutch)
blussen, doven, tot zwijgen brengen, teniet doen, vereffenen, overschaduwen, vernietigen, uitroeien

Français (French)
v. tr. - éteindre, souffler (une bougie), mettre fin à (des espoirs), amortir (une dette)

Deutsch (German)
v. - löschen, tilgen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σβήνω, εξαλείφω, αφανίζω, εξολοθρεύω

Italiano (Italian)
estinguere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - extinguir, exterminar, pagar dívida (jur.)

Русский (Russian)
гасить, убивать, омрачать, подавлять, аннулировать, затмевать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - extinguir, apagar, sofocar, eclipsar, oscurecer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utsläcka, förinta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
熄灭, 偿清, 消灭

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 熄滅, 償清, 消滅

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 끄다, 압도하다, 침묵시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 消す, 失わせる, 消滅させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخمد, يطفئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כיבה‬

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