Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Extinguish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Extinguish \Ex*tin"guish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extinguished}; 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.
A light which the fierce winds have no power to
extinguish. --Prescott.
This extinguishes my right to the reversion.
--Blackstone.
2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
Natural graces that extinguish art. --Shak
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From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
extinguish
v 1: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many
Jewish children" [syn: {snuff out}]
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" [syn: {quench}] [ant: {ignite}]
3: extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar" [syn: {stub
out}, {crush out}, {press out}]
4: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire
population" [syn: {eliminate}, {annihilate}, {eradicate},
{wipe out}, {decimate}, {carry off}]
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