English-Russian translations for extinguish

• гаси́ть
• искорени́ть
• искореня́ть
• погаси́ть
• погасить
• потуши́ть
• туши́ть

Definition of extinguish

• to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench
• to obscure or eclipse something
• to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex
• to hunt down to extinction

Examples

• She extinguished all my hopes.
• They intended to extinguish the enemy by force of numbers
• The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
• A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison
• Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.

Related words

• unextinguished
• unextinguishable
• extinguisher
• extinguishable
• inextinguishable
• extinguishment
• extinguishant
• inextinguishably
• self-extinguishing