| VERB | change | extinguish, snuff out | put an end to |
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| weather | extinguish, snuff out, blow out, quench | put out, as of fires, flames, or lights | |
| change | extinguish, stub out, crush out, press out | extinguish by crushing | |
| change | extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with | terminate, end, or take out | |
| change | extinguish, eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off | kill / kill / kill in large numbers |
| Sounds | ihkstih'nggwihsh | |
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| Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... | |
| Meaning | put an end to; kill. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | snuff out | |
| Narrower | smother, put out | deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion |
| stamp | Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot | |
| Broader | extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with | Terminate, end, or take out |
| Spanish | extinguir | |
| Catalan | extingir | |
| Nouns | extinction | the act of extinguishing |
| Meaning | Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained" | |
| Synonyms | snuff out, blow out, quench | |
| Narrower | black out | obliterate or extinguish |
| douse, put out | Put out, as of a candle or a light | |
| stub | Extinguish by crushing | |
| Opposite | ignite, light | Cause to start burning |
| Spanish | apagarse, apagar, extinguirse, extinguir, irse | |
| Catalan | anar-se, apagar-se, apagar, extingir-se, extingir | |
| Nouns | extinction, extinguishing | the act of extinguishing |
| extinguisher | a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires / fires | |
| Meaning | Extinguish by crushing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | stub out, crush out, press out | |
| Broader | end, terminate | Bring to an end or halt |
| Spanish | apagar, aplastar, extinguir | |
| Catalan | apagar, extingir | |
| Meaning | Terminate, end, or take out. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs" | |
| Synonyms | eliminate, get rid of, do away with | |
| Entailed by | screen | Examine methodically |
| Narrower | cancel out, wipe out | wipe out the effect of something |
| cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise | weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | |
| cut out | Delete or remove | |
| decouple | Reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) | |
| decouple | Eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) | |
| drown | Get rid of as if by submerging / submerging | |
| exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out | prevent from being included or considered or accepted | |
| knock out | Eliminate | |
| obliterate | Do away with completely, without leaving a trace | |
| snuff out, extinguish | put an end to | |
| Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
| Spanish | acabar con, desembarazarse, deshacerse, eliminar, extinguir, librarse de | |
| Catalan | desembarassar-se, desempallegar-se, eliminar | |
| Meaning | kill / kill / kill in large numbers. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Similar to | decimate | kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies |
| Spanish | anihilar, aniquilar, diezmar, eliminar, erradicar | |
| Catalan | anihilar, aniquilar, delmar, eliminar, eradicar, erradicar | |
| Nouns | extinction | complete annihilation |
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