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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