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Definition of Extinguish

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

2. Verb. Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights. "Snuff out the candles"

3. Verb. Extinguish by crushing. "Stub out your cigar"

4. Verb. Terminate, end, or take out. "Eliminate my debts"

5. Verb. Kill in large numbers. "They want to extinguish the prisoners "; "The plague wiped out an entire population"

Definition of Extinguish

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Extinguish

1. Verb. (transitive) to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to destroy or abolish something ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) to obscure or eclipse something ¹

4. Verb. (transitive psychology) to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex ¹

5. Verb. (transitive literally) to hunt down (a species) to extinction ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Extinguish

1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Extinguish

1. 1. To abolish; to quench, as a flame; to cause loss of identity; to destroy. 2. In psychology, to progressively abolish a previously conditioned response. See: conditioning. Origin: L. Extinguo, to quench (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extinguish

extinction extinction angle extinction coefficient extinction factor extinction oblique extinction parallel extinction symmetrical extinctionism extinctionist extinctionists

extinctions extinctive extincts extine extines extinguish (current term) extinguishable extinguishant extinguishants extinguished

extinguisher extinguishers extinguishes extinguisheth extinguishing extinguishment extinguishments extinguisht extirp extirpable

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