definition of
extinguish

[1] #1 extinguish v. [snuff out] put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children". wn

[2] #2 extinguish v. [snuff out, blow out, quench] 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". wn

[3] #3 extinguish v. [stub out, crush out, press out] extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar". wn

[4] #4 extinguish v. [eliminate, get rid of, do away with] terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts". wn

[5] #5 extinguish v. [eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off] kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population". wn