verb (v)

• put an end to; kill(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  snuff out
  

  source: wordnet30
• put out, as of fires, flames, or lights(verb.weather)

  Example:
  Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained.
  

  Synonym:
  blow out, quench, snuff out
  Antonym:
  ignite, light
  

  source: wordnet30
• extinguish by crushing(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  crush out, press out, stub, stub out
  

  source: wordnet30
• terminate, end, or take out(verb.change)

  Example:
  Socialism extinguished these archaic customs.
  

  Synonym:
  do away with, eliminate, get rid of
  

  source: wordnet30
• kill in large numbers(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, wipe out
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913