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v. To put out (a fire, for example); quench.

v. To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy. See Synonyms at abolish.

v. To obscure; eclipse.

v. Law To settle or discharge (a debt).

v. Law To nullify: extinguished their title to the property.

v. Psychology To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).

v. to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench

v. to destroy or abolish something

v. to obscure or eclipse something

v. to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex

v. to hunt down (a species) to extinction

v. To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy.

v. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.

To put out; quench; stifle: as, to extinguish fire or flame.

To destroy; put an end to; suppress: as, to extinguish an army; to extinguish desire or hope; to extinguish a claim or title.

To put under a cloud; obscure: eclipse; make unnoticed or unnoticeable: as, he was completely extinguished in this brilliant company.

In law, to put an end to. See extinguishment, 2.

v. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

v. put an end to; kill

v. terminate, end, or take out

v. kill in large numbers

v. extinguish by crushing

"Nothing and no-one told me that because education was compulsary, I should therefore "extinguish" the amount of voluntary learning I did outside of school hours."

kindle    create    breed    foster    preserver   

extinguished    extinguishes    extinguishing   

kill    terminate    end   

snuff   

extinct    fire extinguisher    extinction    extinguisher   

blackout    douse    stub    put out   

obscure    destroy    annihilate    quench    choke    choke out    choke off    quell    subdue    douse   

distinguish