Extinguish

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Definitions:

Verb

snuff out extinguish

Definition: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

snuff out blow out extinguish quench

Definition: 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"

stub out crush out extinguish press out

Definition: extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"

extinguish eliminate get rid of do away with

Definition: terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

eliminate annihilate extinguish eradicate wipe out decimate carry off

Definition: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

Definition: to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench