extinguish

verb9

1. •
   To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
2. •
   [with oneself] To die out.
3. •
   To end (something).
4. •
   To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex).

   • Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.
5. •
   To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).

   • 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Decisions of the Lords of Council & Session I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575 — 1668
6. •
   (figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.

   • She extinguished all my hopes.
   • They intended to extinguish the enemy by force of numbers
7. •
   (figurative) To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
8. •
   (figurative) To kill (someone).
9. •
   (figurative) To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).

   • A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison
   • The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.