EXTINGUISH

Definition:

1. [verb] put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
   Synonyms: snuff out
   
   
2. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: snuff out, blow out, quench
   
   
3. [verb] extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
   Synonyms: stub out, crush out, press out
   
   
4. [verb] kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
   Synonyms: eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
   
   

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