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English verb: extinguish | |||
| 1. | extinguish (change) put an end to; kill | ||
| Samples | The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children. | ||
| Synonyms | snuff out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | put out, smother, stamp | ||
| 2. | extinguish (weather) put out, as of fires, flames, or lights | ||
| Samples | Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained. Quench the flames. Snuff out the candles. | ||
| Synonyms | blow out, quench, snuff out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | black out, douse, put out, stub | ||
| Antonyms | ignite, light | ||
| 3. | extinguish (change) extinguish by crushing | ||
| Samples | Stub out your cigar. | ||
| Synonyms | crush out, press out, stub out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | end, terminate | ||
| 4. | extinguish (change) terminate, end, or take out | ||
| Samples | Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics. Socialism extinguished these archaic customs. Eliminate my debts. | ||
| Synonyms | do away with, eliminate, get rid of | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, destruct | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cancel out, cut, cut out, decouple, decouple, drown, except, exclude, extinguish, knock out, leave off, leave out, obliterate, omit, prune, rationalise, rationalize, snuff out, take out, wipe out | ||
| 5. | extinguish (change) kill in large numbers | ||
| Samples | The plague wiped out an entire population. | ||
| Synonyms | annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, wipe out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
| Verb group | decimate | ||
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