English to English
verb
- put an end to; kill
The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children.
source: WordNet 3.0
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained.
Quench the flames.
Snuff out the candles.
source: WordNet 3.0
- extinguish by crushing
Stub out your cigar.
source: WordNet 3.0
- terminate, end, or take out
Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics.
Socialism extinguished these archaic customs.
Eliminate my debts.
source: WordNet 3.0
- kill in large numbers
The plague wiped out an entire population.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [ecstíngüish] Pumawì; lumipol; pumuksâ; sumugpô
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
