Dictionary Entry
extinguish
extinguish is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 23 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
- 2transitive verb
To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
- 3verb
kill in large numbers
"the plague wiped out an entire population"
- 4verb
terminate, end, or take out
"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
"Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"
Synonyms
- 5verb
put an end to; kill
"The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
- 6verb
extinguish by crushing
"stub out your cigar"
- 7verb
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
"Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"
"quench the flames"
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