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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ex·tin·guish ETYMOLOGY Latin exstinguere (from ex- + stinguere to extinguish) + English -ish (as in abolish); akin to Latin instigare to incite — more at stick DATE circa 1540 1. a. (1) to bring to an end : make an end of hope for their safety was slowly extinguished (2) to reduce to silence or ineffectiveness b. to cause to cease burning : quench c. to cause extinction of (a conditioned response) d. to dim the brightness of : eclipse 2. a. to cause to be void : nullify extinguish a claim b. to get rid of usually by payment extinguish a debt English Etymology extinguish 1509 (implied in extinguishable), from L. extinguere "quench, wipe out, obliterate," from ex- "out" + stinguere "quench," from PIE *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 extinguish ex·tin·guish / ik5stiN^wiF / verb[VN] 1. to make a fire stop burning or a light stop shining 熄灭；扑灭 SYN put out :
Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames. 消防队员奋力救火。 (formal) All lights had been extinguished. 所有灯光都熄灭了。 2. to destroy sth 毁灭；消灭；使破灭: News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace. 轰炸的消息使和平的希望全部破灭。 OLT extinguish verb ⇨ put sth out Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ex·tin·guish \ikˈstiŋgwish, -wēsh, chiefly in pres part -wəsh; ÷-ŋw-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Latin exstinguere, extinguere (from ex- ex- (I) + stinguere to extinguish) + English -ish (as in abolish); akin to Latin instigare to urge on, incite — more at stick transitive verb 1. a. : to cause (as a fire or light) to cease burning : put out : quench < extinguishing the flames > < threw water on the glowing coals to extinguish them > < the lamps were all extinguished > b. (1) : to bring (as life or hope) to an end : make an end of : cause to die out : do away with entirely : blot out of existence : wipe out :make extinct : destroy , annihilate < a way of life which one might expect to have been extinguished almost two generations ago — E.H.Spicer > < death will not extinguish us — W.L.Sullivan > < extinguishing the last glimmer of hope > : suppress (an institution or an official position) < extinguishing monasteries by an act of the king > < whose office of paymaster of works was extinguished by these efforts — John Craig > (2) : to reduce to silence or ineffectiveness : choke off : stifle , smother < a very nearly extinguished voice — Elizabeth Bowen > < extinguishing his opponents with a single word > : make powerless or inoperative : crush , check < a point at which the popular will is extinguished — T.E.Utley > (3) : to cause extinction of (a conditioned response) < the more specific a response the easier it is to extinguish it — Ralph Linton > c. : to cause the brightness of to appear relatively dim or to disappear altogether (as by setting next to a superior brilliancy) :cause to seem lackluster or tawdry : eclipse < a glittering costume that extinguished all the others > < her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress — Edith Wharton > 2. a. : to cause (as a claim or right) to be void : make legally nonexistent : nullify , abolish < titles to the land had not been extinguished — C.G.Bowers > b. : to get rid of (a debt or other liability) by payment or other compensatory adjustment — compare suspend , transfer intransitive verb archaic : to become extinguished : die out Synonyms: see abolish , crush |
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