extinguish

extinguish is a   Verb

Definition:

[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. Prescott. This extinguishes my right to the reversion. Blackstone.

[2] To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. Natural graces that extinguish art. Shak .

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