extinguish

  • (verb): To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench
  • (verb): To destroy or abolish something
  • (verb): To obscure or eclipse something
  • (verb): To bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex
  • (verb): To hunt down (a species) to extinction
  • (verb): To die out.
  • She extinguished all my hopes.
  • The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
  • Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.