Definition of Extinguish

Extinguish

To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.

To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.

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Extinguish Quotations

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.
Thomas Jefferson

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.
Francis Bacon

In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.
J. Robert Oppenheimer

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
A. E. Housman

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.
John Ashcroft

The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies.
Terry Waite

We must recognize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.
Gaylord Nelson

You don't extinguish fire by adding more fire, you need water.
Pope Shenouda III

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Extinguish Translations

extinguish in Afrikaans is doodmaak, blus
extinguish in Danish is udslukke
extinguish in Dutch is doven, blussen, uitdoen, uitblussen
extinguish in Finnish is sammuttaa
extinguish in Italian is cancellare, estinguere, spengere
extinguish in Norwegian is utrydde, slokke
extinguish in Portuguese is extinga
extinguish in Spanish is apagar, extinguir

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