English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Borrowed from Latin extinguo ( “ to put out (what is burning), quench, extinguish, deprive of life, destroy, abolish ” ) , from ex ( “ out ” ) + stinguere ( “ to put out, quench, extinguish ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] extinguish (third-person singular simple present extinguishes present participle extinguishing simple past and past participle extinguished
( transitive ) to put out , as in fire ; to end burning ; to quench ( transitive ) to destroy or abolish something
She extinguished all my hopes. They intended to extinguish the enemy by force of numbers 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple , “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575 The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi , lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt. ( transitive ) to obscure or eclipse something
The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds. A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison ( transitive , psychology ) to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex
Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment. ( transitive , literally ) to hunt down (a species) to extinction( intransitive ) To die out .Synonyms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench
Arabic: أَطْفَأَ ( ʾaṭfaʾa )
Egyptian Arabic: طفى ( ṭafa )
Armenian: հանգցնել (hy) ( hangcʿnel ) , մարել (hy) ( marel )
Aromanian: astingu
Assamese: নুমুৱা ( numua ) ( intransitive ) , নুমুউৱা ( numuua ) ( transitive )
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: гася (bg) ( gasja ) , потушавам (bg) ( potušavam )
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: extingir (ca) , apagar (ca)
Cherokee: ᎬᏜᏗᎭ ( gvdladiha )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熄滅 (zh) , 熄灭 (zh) ( xīmiè ) , 撲滅 (zh) , 扑灭 (zh) ( pūmiè )
Dalmatian: stotur
Danish: slukke (da)
Dutch: uitdoven (nl) , doven (nl) , blussen (nl)
Esperanto: estingi (eo)
Faroese: sløkkja
Finnish: sammuttaa (fi)
French: éteindre (fr)
Friulian: distudâ
Galician: apagar matar (gl) , atafegar
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: löschen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: σβέννυμι ( sbénnumi )
Hebrew: כיבה ( kiba )
Hungarian: elolt (hu) , elfojt (hu)
Icelandic: slökkva
Irish: múch
Italian: estinguere (it)
Japanese: 消す (ja) ( kesu )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کوژاندن ( kujandin )
Latin: exstinguō
Maltese: tefa
Maori: poko tinetinei tinei whakapoko whakaweto
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: slukke
Occitan: atudar (oc) , esténher (oc) , esténger
Polish: stłumić (pl) , ugasić (pl) , zgasić (pl)
Portuguese: extinguir (pt) , apagar (pt)
Quechua: thasnuy
Romanian: stinge (ro)
Romansch: stüder stüzzer stidar stizar
Russian: туши́ть (ru) impf ( tušítʹ ) , потуши́ть (ru) pf ( potušítʹ ) , гаси́ть (ru) impf ( gasítʹ ) , погаси́ть (ru) pf ( pogasítʹ )
Sardinian: ammortiare
Scottish Gaelic: smàil
Spanish: extinguir (es) , apagar (es)
Swahili: kuzima
Swedish: släcka (sv)
Telugu: ఆర్పు (te) ( ārpu ) (aarpu)
Thai: ดับ (th) ( dàp )
Tocharian B: käs-
Turkish: söndürmek (tr) , öçürmek (tr)
Turkmen: söndürmek öçürmek
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: diffodd (cy)
to destroy or abolish something
to obscure or eclipse something
(psychology ) to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex
(literally ) to hunt down (a species) to extinction
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