Definitions of extinguish

1. To go out; to die away.

2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.

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

4. To quench; destroy.

5. To put out; quench; destroy.

6. extinguish by crushing; " stub out your cigar"

7. put an end to; kill; " The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

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

9. Extinguisher.

10. Extinguishable.