extinguish
Signification (Anglais)
- (transitive) To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
- (figuratively, transitive) To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
- (figuratively, transitive) To kill (someone).
- (figuratively, transitive) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- (figuratively, transitive) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- (figuratively, transitive) To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
- (figuratively, transitive) To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
- (intransitive, reflexive) To die out.
Concepts
Synonymes
turn off
EXTING
crush out
Traductions
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
Étymologie (Anglais)
Borrowed from Latin extinguo (“to put out (what is burning), quench, extinguish, deprive of life, destroy, abolish”), from ex (“out”) + stinguere (“to put out, quench, extinguish”). Doublet of extinct.
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