1. (

• extinction ,
• extinguishing ,
• quenching

) the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" ;

1. (

• snuff_out ,
• extinguish

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

2. (

• snuff_out ,
• blow_out ,
• extinguish ,
• quench

) 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" ;

3. (

• stub_out ,
• crush_out ,
• extinguish ,
• press_out

) extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar" ;

4. (

• extinguish ,
• eliminate ,
• get_rid_of ,
• do_away_with

) terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" ;

5. (

• eliminate ,
• annihilate ,
• extinguish ,
• eradicate ,
• wipe_out ,
• decimate ,
• carry_off

) kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" ;