extinguish
verb [T] (FIRE/LIGHT) /ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/Definition
› to stop a fire or a light burning: It took the firefighters several hours to extinguish the flames. to extinguish a cigaretteFire serviceFire and flameStopping fires
(Definition of extinguish verb (FIRE/LIGHT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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