extinguish🔊

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

(figurative) To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).

(figurative) To kill (someone).

(figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.

(psychology) To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex).

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

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

To die out.