extinguish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: extinguish	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for extinguish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extinguish v put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" Synonym(s): snuff out, extinguish 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" Synonym(s): snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench Antonym(s): ignite, light extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar" Synonym(s): stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" Synonym(s): extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" Synonym(s): eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extinguish \Extin"guish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extinguished}; 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. A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish. --Prescott. This extinguishes my right to the reversion. --Blackstone. 2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. Natural graces that extinguish art. --Shak .