Definition of "extinguish" in English

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).

   • A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison
   • The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.

3. To kill (someone).

4. 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

5. To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.

6. To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).

7. (intransitive, reflexive) To die out.