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EXTINGUISH

\ɛkstˈɪŋɡwɪʃ], \ɛkstˈɪŋɡwɪʃ], \ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɪ_ŋ_ɡ_w_ɪ_ʃ]\

Definitions of EXTINGUISH

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Extinguishable.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Extinguishable.
To quench: to destroy: to obscure by superior splendor.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To quench, as a flame; to abolish; to cause loss of identity; to destroy.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

To quench; destroy.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To go out; to die away.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To put out; to destroy; to suppress; to put an end to.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

To put out, to quench; to suppress, to destroy.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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