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Definition of extinguish

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Extinguish (v. t.) 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..

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Extinct :: Extinct (a.) Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano..

Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt..

Restinguish :: Restinguish (v. t.) To quench or extinguish.

Die :: Die (v. i.) To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.

Amortize :: Amortize (v. t.) To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund..

Implacable :: Implacable (a.) Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable.

Calyptra :: Calyptra (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body..

Extinguish :: Extinguish (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor..

Extinguishment :: Extinguishment (n.) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.

Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt..

Expiate :: Expiate (v. t.) To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin..

Extinguishing :: Extinguishing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Extinguis.

Suffocate :: Suffocate (v. t.) To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire..

Extinction :: Extinction (n.) State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim..

Quench :: Quench (v. i.) To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool.

Foreclosure :: Foreclosure (n.) The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager's right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.

Inextinguishably :: Inextinguishably (adv.) So as not to be extinguished; in an inextinguishable manner.

Alive :: Alive (a.) In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive..

Quenchless :: Quenchless (a.) Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchless fire or fury..

Extinguish :: Extinguish (v. t.) 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..