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extinguish, v.
(extinguished, extinguishes, extinguishing)
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put an end to; kill
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extinguish snuff out

sample sentences

"The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

snuffer snuffer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

eliminate, get rid of, do away with, extinguish

hyponym

stamp put out, smother

kill in large numbers
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annihilate carry off decimate eliminate eradicate extinguish wipe out

sample sentences

"the plague wiped out an entire population"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

annihilative annihilation annihilation annihilator

lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hypernym

verb group

terminate, end, or take out
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do away with eliminate extinguish get rid of

sample sentences

"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
"Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"
"eliminate my debts"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

elimination elimination eliminator

semantic pointers

hyponym

cancel out, wipe out decouple decouple obliterate knock out drown cut out rationalize, cut, prune, rationalise snuff out, extinguish exclude, omit, leave out, leave off, except, take out

hypernym

destroy, destruct

extinguish by crushing
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crush out extinguish press out stub out

sample sentences

"stub out your cigar"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
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blow out extinguish quench snuff out

sample sentences

"Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"
"quench the flames"
"snuff out the candles"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

extinguishing extinction extinguisher

antonym

lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hyponym

stub douse, put out black out