extinguish
(verb)
verb
1. put an end to; kill
Definition categories: change, eliminate, extinguish
2. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
Similar word(s): quench
Definition categories: weather
3. extinguish by crushing
Definition categories: change, end, terminate
4. terminate, end, or take out
- Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
Similar word(s): eliminate
Definition categories: change, destroy, destruct
5. kill in large numbers
Similar word(s): annihilate, decimate, eliminate, eradicate
Definition categories: change, kill
Sentences with extinguish as a verb:
- She extinguished all my hopes.
- The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.