extinguish.
To end (something).
Meaning & usage
To end (something). To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
To end (something). To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison
The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
To end (something). To kill (someone).
To end (something). To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
She extinguished all my hopes.
They intended to extinguish the enemy by force of numbers
To end (something). To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy. To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex).
Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.
To end (something). To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
To end (something). To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
To die out.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin extinguo (“to put out (what is burning), quench, extinguish, deprive of life, destroy, abolish”), from ex (“out”) + stinguere (“to put out, quench, extinguish”). Doublet of extinct.
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