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ALL meanings of extinguish

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  • transitive verb extinguish fire: put out 1
  • transitive verb extinguish idea, feeling: bring to an end 1
  • transitive verb extinguish law: void, cancel 1
  • noun extinguish Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine. 1
  • verb extinguish (Transitive Verb) to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench. 0
  • verb extinguish (Transitive Verb) to destroy or abolish something. 0
  • verb extinguish (Transitive Verb) to obscure or eclipse something. 0
  • verb extinguish (Transitive Verb) (psychology) to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex. 0
  • verb extinguish (Transitive Verb) (literally) to hunt down (a species) to extinction. 0
  • verb extinguish If you extinguish a fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining. 0
  • verb extinguish If something extinguishes a feeling or idea, it destroys it. 0
  • verb extinguish to put out or quench (a light, flames, etc) 0
  • verb extinguish to remove or destroy entirely; annihilate 0
  • verb extinguish to eclipse or obscure by or as if by superior brilliance 0
  • verb extinguish to discharge (a debt) 0
  • verb transitive extinguish to put out (a fire, etc.); quench; smother 0
  • verb transitive extinguish to put an end to; destroy or cause to die out 0
  • verb transitive extinguish to put in the shade; eclipse; obscure 0
  • verb transitive extinguish to make void; nullify 0
  • verb transitive extinguish to settle (a debt) 0
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