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extinguish::verb | Spocien Dictionary

extinguish

/ɪk'stɪŋgwɪʃ/

extinguish by crushing

Type	Words
Synonyms	crush out, press out, stub out
Type of	end, terminate

extinguish::verb | Spocien Dictionary

extinguish

/ɪk'stɪŋgwɪʃ/

kill in large numbers

Type	Words
Synonyms	annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, wipe out
Type of	kill
Verb group	decimate
Derivation	extinction

extinguish::verb | Spocien Dictionary

extinguish

/ɪk'stɪŋgwɪʃ/

put an end to; kill

Type	Words
Synonyms	snuff out
Type of	eliminate, get rid of, do away with
Has types	put out, smother, stamp
Derivation	extinction

extinguish::verb | Spocien Dictionary

extinguish

/ɪk'stɪŋgwɪʃ/

put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

Type	Words
Synonyms	blow out, quench, snuff out
Has types	black out, douse, put out, stub
Derivation	extinction, extinguisher, extinguishing

Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained.

extinguish::verb | Spocien Dictionary

extinguish

/ɪk'stɪŋgwɪʃ/

terminate, end, or take out

Type	Words
Synonyms	do away with, eliminate, get rid of
Type of	destruct, destroy
Has types	decouple, knock out, leave off, leave out, obliterate, omit, prune, cancel out, rationalise, rationalize, cut out, snuff out, cut, wipe out, take out, drown, exclude, except

Socialism extinguished these archaic customs.