Extinguish (Verb)
Meaning 1
Put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 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"; "snuff out the candles".
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Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.
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Meaning 3
Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population".
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Meaning 4
Extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar".
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Meaning 5
Terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..