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extinguish

(ɪkstɪŋgwɪʃ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense extinguishes, present participle extinguishing, past tense, past participle extinguished
1. verb
If you extinguish a fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.
[formal]
It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire. [VERB noun]
The lights are extinguished as soon as the news conference is over. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: put out, stifle, smother, blow out More Synonyms of extinguish
2. verb
If something extinguishes a feeling or idea, it destroys it.
The message extinguished her hopes of Richard's return. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: destroy, end, kill [informal], remove More Synonyms of extinguish

extinguish in British English

(ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to put out or quench (a light, flames, etc)
2. 
to remove or destroy entirely; annihilate
3.  archaic
to eclipse or obscure by or as if by superior brilliance
4.  law
to discharge (a debt)
Derived forms
extinguishable (exˈtinguishable)
adjective
extinguisher (exˈtinguisher)
noun
extinguishment (exˈtinguishment)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Latin exstinguere, from stinguere to quench

extinguish in American English

(ɛkˈstɪŋgwɪʃ; ɪkˈstɪŋgwɪʃ)
verb transitive
1. 
to put out (a fire, etc.); quench; smother
2. 
to put an end to; destroy or cause to die out
3. 
to put in the shade; eclipse; obscure
4.  Law
a. 
to make void; nullify
b. 
to settle (a debt)
Derived forms
extinguishable (exˈtinguishable)
adjective
extinguishment (exˈtinguishment)
noun
Word origin
L extinguere, exstinguere, to quench, destroy < ex-, out + stinguere, to extinguish (for IE base see stick) + -ish

Examples of 'extinguish' in a sentence
extinguish

Firefighters extinguished a blaze in the hallway.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We are arranging for a search tomorrow once the fire has been extinguished.
The Sun (2014)
You have extinguished that light suddenly and needlessly.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The roof and upstairs wall had collapsed by the time the blaze was extinguished.
The Sun (2015)
The painting is being repaired and the fire was quickly extinguished.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The car lights are extinguished and we stand in the blue shadows and cooling dust.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The house was also set alight but the fire was extinguished.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It took two hours to extinguish the fire after ten engines were sent to the scene.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Its light was extinguished last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Besides, the fires have not been entirely extinguished.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The resulting fire was finally extinguished on Monday.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The flame of new Labour was finally extinguished.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Two fire trucks and more than 50 firefighters were last night battling to extinguish the blaze.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Then she locked the door of the flat, extinguished her light and lay down.
Edith Wharton The House of Mirth (1905)
The fire was finally extinguished at about 11am yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The lights were on, but my fire had been extinguished.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The gas light had been extinguished, perhaps to save expense.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It took firefighters 100 days to extinguish the fires from the attacks.
The Sun (2014)
The cabin lights were soon extinguished: all but the crew were asleep.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
After three days of "spinning," the fires were extinguished.
Clerk, Jayana & Siegel, Ruth Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
Fire covered the carriageway and melted more than 600 sq metres of tarmac before the blaze was extinguished.
The Sun (2015)
He managed to wake the trucker and help him from the vehicle, before fire crews arrived to extinguish the blaze.
The Sun (2014)
After four years of work, a fire that had burned for 130 years was finally extinguished.
Christianity Today (2000)
Four fire crews were needed to extinguish the blaze, which burned for 1½ hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
extinguish

British English: extinguish VERB
If you extinguish a fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.
It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire.
  • American English: extinguish
  • Brazilian Portuguese: extinguir
  • Chinese: 使熄灭
  • European Spanish: extinguir
  • French: éteindre
  • German: löschen
  • Italian: estinguere
  • Japanese: 消す
  • Korean: 끄다
  • European Portuguese: extinguir
  • Latin American Spanish: extinguir

Chinese translation of 'extinguish'

extinguish

(ɪksˈtɪŋɡwɪʃ)

vt

  1. (frm)
    1. [fire] 扑(撲)灭(滅) (pūmiè)
    2. [light, cigarette] 熄灭(滅) (xīmiè)
  2. (liter) [hope, memory] 使破灭(滅) (shǐ pòmiè)
1 (verb) 
Definition
to put out (a fire or light)
It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire.
Synonyms
put out
stifle
Critics have accused them of trying to stifle debate.
smother
They tried to smother the flames.
blow out
douse
The crew began to douse the fire.
snuff out
quench
Fire crews struggled to quench the fire.
2 (verb) 
Definition
to remove or destroy entirely
The message extinguished her hopes of seeing her friend any time soon.
Synonyms
destroy
They could destroy the enemy in days rather than weeks.
end
Her life ended prematurely in a terrible accident.
kill (informal)
Public opinion may yet kill the proposal.
remove
Most of her fears have been removed.
eliminate
The Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment.
obscure
abolish
They voted to abolish the death penalty.
suppress
Maritime security patrols protect busy trade routes and suppress illegal activity.
wipe out
erase
They are desperate to erase the memory of their defeat.
eradicate
battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus
annihilate
The army was annihilated.
put paid to
exterminate
A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats.
expunge (formal)
The experience was something he had tried to expunge from his memory.
extirpate (archaic)
The Romans wished to extirpate Druidism in Britain.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abolish
Definition
to do away with (laws, regulations, or customs)
They voted to abolish the death penalty.
Synonyms
do away with,
end,
destroy,
eliminate,
shed,
cancel,
axe (informal),
get rid of,
ditch (slang),
dissolve,
junk (informal),
suppress,
overturn,
throw out,
discard,
wipe out,
overthrow,
void,
terminate,
drop,
trash (slang),
repeal,
eradicate,
put an end to,
quash,
extinguish,
dispense with,
revoke,
stamp out,
obliterate,
subvert,
jettison,
repudiate,
annihilate,
rescind,
exterminate,
invalidate,
bring to an end,
annul,
nullify,
blot out,
expunge (formal),
abrogate (archaic),
vitiate (archaic),
extirpate (archaic),
kennet (Australian, slang),
jeff (Australian, slang)
in the sense of annihilate
Definition
to destroy (a place or a group of people) completely
The army was annihilated.
Synonyms
destroy,
abolish,
wipe out,
erase,
eradicate,
extinguish,
obliterate,
liquidate,
root out,
exterminate,
nullify,
extirpate (archaic),
wipe from the face of the earth,
kennet (Australian, slang),
jeff (Australian, slang)
in the sense of douse
Definition
to put out (a light)
The crew began to douse the fire.
Synonyms
put out,
smother,
blow out,
extinguish,
snuff (out)

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