Extinguish /(ĕks*tĭṉ"gwĭsh)/

Ex·tin·guish

Extinguish

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Extinguished; p pr. & vb. n. Extinguishing

  1. 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.
    A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish.
    This extinguishes my right to the reversion.
  2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
    Natural graces that extinguish art.