(v) terminate, end, or take out, Syn.do away with, get rid of, eliminate, Example: Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics; Socialism extinguished these archaic customs; eliminate my debts
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extinguished p pr. & vb. n. Extinguishing. ] [ L. extinguere, exstinguere; ex out + stinguere to quench. See Distinguish, Finish. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
This extinguishes my right to the reversion. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Natural graces that extinguish art. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle. [ 1913 Webster ]
fire extinguishera portable device designed to deliver chemicals, usually in a stream, that can suppress or extinguish a fire. Examples of fire extinghuishers are a carbon dioxide extinguisher, or CO2 extinguisher, and soda-acid extinguisher. [ PJC ]
n. 1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]
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