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extinguish   (Sound)

KK Pronunciation

〔 IkˋstIŋgwIʃ 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ikˊstiŋɡwiʃ 〕


Overview of verb extinguish

The verb extinguish has 5 senses


  • snuff out, extinguish -- (put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children")

  • snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench -- (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")

  • stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out -- (extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar")

  • extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with -- (terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts")

  • eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off -- (kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population")