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extinguish


verb
1. put an end to;
kill (Freq. 1)
- The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
Syn:
snuff out
Derivationally related forms:
extinction, snuffer (for: snuff out)
Hypernyms:
eliminate, get rid of, do away with
Hyponyms:
stamp, smother, put out
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. extinguish by crushing
- stub out your cigar
Syn:
stub out, crush out, press out
Hypernyms:
end, terminate
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. 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
Derivationally related forms:
quenching (for: quench), extinction, extinguisher, extinguishing
Hyponyms:
stub, douse, put out, black out
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. terminate, end, or take out
- Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
- Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
- eliminate my debts
Syn:
eliminate, get rid of, do away with
Derivationally related forms:
elimination (for: eliminate), eliminator (for: eliminate)
Hypernyms:
destroy, destruct
Hyponyms:
cancel out, wipe out, decouple, obliterate, knock out,
drown, cut out, cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise,
rationalise, exclude, except, leave out, leave off,
omit, take out
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
5. kill in large numbers
- the plague wiped out an entire population
Syn:
eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
Derivationally related forms:
decimation (for: decimate), wipeout (for: wipe out), extinction, annihilative (for: annihilate), annihilation (for: annihilate), annihilator (for: annihilate)
Hypernyms:
kill
Verb Group:
decimate
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

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