English > extinguish: 5 senses > verb 2, weather| Meaning | Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained" |
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| Synonyms | snuff out, blow out, quench |
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| Narrower | black out | obliterate or extinguish |
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| douse, put out | Put out, as of a candle or a light |
| stub | Extinguish by crushing |
| Opposite | ignite, light | Cause to start burning |
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| Spanish | apagarse, apagar, extinguirse, extinguir, irse |
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| Catalan | anar-se, apagar-se, apagar, extingir-se, extingir |
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| Nouns | extinction, extinguishing | the act of extinguishing |
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| extinguisher | a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires / fires |
English > extinguish: 5 senses > verb 4, change| Meaning | Terminate, end, or take out. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs" |
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| Synonyms | eliminate, get rid of, do away with |
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| Entailed by | screen | Examine methodically |
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| Narrower | cancel out, wipe out | wipe out the effect of something |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | acabar con, desembarazarse, deshacerse, eliminar, extinguir, librarse de |
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| Catalan | desembarassar-se, desempallegar-se, eliminar |
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