extinguish

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To stop (fire, etc.) from burning

   To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.

2. 2

   To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).

   • A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison
   • The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
3. 3

   To kill (someone).

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   1. 4

      To put an end to (something) completely

      To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.

      • She extinguished all my hopes.
      • They intended to extinguish the enemy by force of numbers
   2. 5

      To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.)

      To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.

   3. 6

      To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.)

      To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).

      • 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
      • If the amnesty becomes law as expected this month or in June, it promises to extinguish the charges Puigdemont faces of disobedience and misuse of public funds.
   4. 7

      To die out.

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