EXTINGUISH

extinguish

Verb

  1. to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench
  2. to destroy or abolish something
    She extinguished all my hopes.
  3. to obscure or eclipse something
    The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
  4. to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex
  5. to hunt down (a species) to extinction


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