extinguish

Meaning

1. (transitive) To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
3. (figuratively, transitive) To kill (someone).
4. (figuratively, transitive) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
6. (figuratively, transitive) To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
7. (figuratively, transitive) To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
8. (intransitive, reflexive) To die out.

Synonyms

put out

quench

eliminate

kill

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destroy

blow out

wipe out

turn off

annihilate

snuff out

erase

eradicate

switch off

exterminate

stub

douse

get rid of

decimate

slake

delete

carry off

go out

die out

do away with

obliterate

put out a fire

blot out

extinction

turn out

efface

snuff

expunge

EXTING

stub out

crush out

shut off

press out

stifle

darken

quash

rase

ravage

reduce

rub out

sack

slay

smother

spoil

squander

stamp out

Translations

éteindre

auslöschen

löschen

apagar

extinguir

spegnere

extinguir

estinguere

extingir

doven

blussen

uitblussen

uitdoven

apagar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/

Etymology

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.