Definition of Extinguish

Verb

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

363 unscramble word found using the letters extinguish.
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