extinguish

Definition

To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extinguo (“to put out (what is burning), quench, extinguish, deprive of life, destroy, abolish”), from ex (“out”) + stinguere (“to put out, quench, extinguish”). Doublet of extinct.

Example Sentences

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

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