Extinguish (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Snuff Out

Hypernyms

• Get Rid Of
• Extinguish
• Do Away With

Hyponyms

• Smother
• Stamp

Related Words

• Extinction (noun)

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".

Classification

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.

Synonyms

• Snuff Out
• Quench
• Blow Out

Antonyms

• Ignite

Hyponyms

• Put Out
• Black Out
• Douse
• Stub

Related Words

• Extinguishing (noun)
• Extinguisher (noun)
• Extinction (noun)

Meaning ³

Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Wipe Out
• Annihilate
• Eliminate
• Eradicate
• Decimate
• Carry Off

Hypernyms

• Kill

Related Words

• Extinction (noun)

Meaning ⁴

Extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Stub Out
• Crush Out
• Press Out

Hypernyms

• Terminate
• End

Meaning ⁵

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

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Eliminate
• Get Rid Of
• Do Away With

Hypernyms

• Destruct

Hyponyms

• Leave Out
• Take Out
• Wipe Out
• Leave Off
• Extinguish
• Except
• Omit
• Rationalise
• Prune
• Rationalize