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extinguish

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Verb

  1. To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
  2. To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
  3. To kill (someone).
  4. To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
  5. To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy: To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex).
  6. To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
  7. To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
  8. To die out.

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