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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Extinguish \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 . From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: extinguish v 1: put an end to kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" [syn: {snuff out}] 2: put out or quench, as of fires or lights [syn: {obliterate}] [ant: {ignite}] 3: extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar" [syn: {stub out}, {crush out}, {press out}] 4: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" [syn: {eliminate}, {annihilate}, {eradicate}, {wipe out}, {decimate}, {carry off}]
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