extinguish
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Definitions
Verb
put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
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put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "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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extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
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terminate, end, or take out; "Let''s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
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kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
Synonyms
annihilate
blow out
carry off
crush out
decimate
do away with
eliminate
eradicate
get rid of
press out
quench
snuff out
stub out
wipe out