Extinguish
21extinguish — To bring or put an end to. Onondaga Water Service Corporation v. Crown Mills, Inc., 132 Misc. 848, 230 N.Y.S. 691, 698. To terminate or cancel. To put out, quench, stifle, as to extinguish a fire or flame. See also cancellation termination …
22extinguish — To bring or put an end to. Onondaga Water Service Corporation v. Crown Mills, Inc., 132 Misc. 848, 230 N.Y.S. 691, 698. To terminate or cancel. To put out, quench, stifle, as to extinguish a fire or flame. See also cancellation termination …
23extinguish — v.tr. 1 cause (a flame, light, etc.) to die out; put out. 2 make extinct; annihilate, destroy (a programme to extinguish disease). 3 put an end to; terminate; obscure utterly (a feeling, quality, etc.). 4 a abolish; wipe out (a debt). b Law… …
24extinguish indebtedness — index liquidate (determine liability) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
25extinguish visual discernment — index blind (deprive of sight) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
26extinguish — verb /ɪkˈstɪŋ.wɪʃ/ a) to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench She extinguished all my hopes. b) to destroy or abolish something …
27extinguish — Synonyms and related words: KO, abate, abolish, abscind, adumbrate, amputate, annihilate, asphyxiate, ban, banish, bar, blot out, blow out, bob, bottle up, call off, cancel, censor, choke, choke off, clamp down on, clip, complete, cork, cork up,… …
28extinguish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. destroy, annihilate, eradicate, suppress, end; quench, choke, put or blow out, douse, snuff; smother, suffocate; quell, subdue. See darkness, destruction.Ant., light. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To put… …
29extinguish — ex·tin·guish || ɪk stɪŋgwɪʃ v. put out, quench; totally destroy, annihilate …
30extinguish — to kill This possibly obsolete use seemed to be used more of kings than commoners. It is also used of genocide …
