Meaning

To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench..

Definitions by Sense

1. To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
2. To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
3. To kill (someone).
4. To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
5. To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
6. To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
7. (intransitive, reflexive) To die out.

Example Sentences

A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison

The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.

She extinguished all my hopes.

They intended to extinguish the enemy by force of numbers

If the amnesty becomes law as expected this month or in June, it promises to extinguish the charges Puigdemont faces of disobedience and misuse of public funds.

Word Forms

• extinguishes
• extinguishing
• extinguished

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Use extinguish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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