extinguish
/ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ verbo C1En español: extinguir, apagar
- To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
- To eclipse or obscure (someone or something). · A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison· The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
- To kill (someone).
- To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy. · She extinguished all my hopes.· They intended to extinguish the enemy by force of numbers
- To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex). · Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.
- To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
- To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
- To die out.
He/she/it extinguishes · Pasado extinguished · Participio pasado extinguished · Forma en -ing extinguishing
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A few minutes afterwards a flash of light, which was extinguished instantly, was seen on the land, and the sound of firearms reached the yacht.
Then a sudden puff of wind arose, and the Lamp was immediately extinguished.
I had myself extinguished the lamp and closed the door before coming to bed.
That they might have met without ill consequence is, perhaps, probable; but his regard did not appear to me enough extinguished for him to see her without some danger.
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