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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
extinguish
v 1: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of
many Jewish children" [syn: snuff out, extinguish]
2: 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]
3: extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar" [syn: stub
out, crush out, extinguish, press out]
4: 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]
5: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire
population" [syn: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish,
eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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]
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Thesaurus Results for Extinguish:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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