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verb
  1. 1
    formal to make a fire or cigarette stop burning. A more usual word is put out

    Synonyms or related words for this sense of extinguish

    To stop a fire: put out, smother, extinguish, blow out, stamp out, beat out, douse, fight a fire/blaze, tackle, snuff out... more
    1. a.
      formal to make a light stop shining

      Synonyms or related words for this sense of extinguish

      To reduce, or to stop light: block out, shade, darken, dim, extinguish, shadow, overshadow, cut out... more

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