1. extinguish - verb
· put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
Synonym(s): snuff_out
Hypernym(s): extinguish, eliminate, get_rid_of, do_away_with
2. extinguish - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): snuff_out, blow_out, quench
Antonym(s): ignite
3. extinguish - verb
· extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
Synonym(s): stub_out, crush_out, press_out
4. extinguish - verb
· terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
Synonym(s): eliminate, get_rid_of, do_away_with
Hypernym(s): destroy, destruct
5. extinguish - verb
· kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
Synonym(s): eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe_out, decimate, carry_off
Hypernym(s): kill
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