Overview of noun extinguishing

The noun extinguishing has 1 sense

• extinction, extinguishing, quenching -- (the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights")

Overview of verb extinguish

The verb extinguish has 5 senses

• snuff out, extinguish -- (put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children")


• snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench -- (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")


• stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out -- (extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar")


• extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with -- (terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts")


• eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off -- (kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population")