Found 3 items, similar to Extinguish.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: extinguish
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: extinguish
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”;
“snuff out the candles”
[syn:
snuff out,
blow out,
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Extinguish
Extinguish
\Ex*tin"guish\ ([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sh), v. t.
[imp. & p. p.
Extinguished([e^]ks*t[i^][ng]"gw[i^]sht); 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.
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A light which the fierce winds have no power to
extinguish. --Prescott.
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This extinguishes my right to the reversion.
--Blackstone.
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2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
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Natural graces that extinguish art. --Shak
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