DICTOMETER

EXTINGUISH

(extinguish, apagar, extinguir, slokke, slukke, stoppe, stryke ut, utrydde, utslette)

1. Synonyms:
   • Snuff out
   • Extinguish
   Definitions:
   • put an end to
   • kill
   Examples:
   • The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
   Antonyms:
   ignite, light
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Snuff out
   • Blow out
   • Extinguish
   • Quench
   Definitions:
   • put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
   Examples:
   • Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
   • Quench the flames
   • Snuff out the candles
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Stub out
   • Crush out
   • Extinguish
   • Press out
   Definitions:
   • extinguish by crushing
   Examples:
   • Stub out your cigar
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Extinguish
   • Eliminate
   • Get rid of
   • Do away with
   Definitions:
   • terminate, end, or take out
   Examples:
   • Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
   • Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
   • Eliminate my debts
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Eliminate
   • Annihilate
   • Extinguish
   • Eradicate
   • Wipe out
   • Decimate
   • Carry off
   Definitions:
   • kill in large numbers
   Examples:
   • The plague wiped out an entire population