extinguish

Verb

• kill in large numbers
  • the plague wiped out an entire population
    

• terminate, end, or take out
  • Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
    
  • Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
    
  • eliminate my debts
    

• extinguish by crushing
  • stub out your cigar
    

• 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
    

• put an end to; kill
  • The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  eliminate , annihilate , eradicate , wipe out , decimate , carry off , get rid of , do away with , stub out , crush out , press out , snuff out , blow out , quench
• Antonyms: 
  ignite , light