To put out; to quench; to suffocate; to destroy; as, to extinguish fire or flame.

To destroy; to put an end to; as, to extinguish love or hatred in the breast; to extinguish desire or hope; to extinguish a claim or title.

To cloud or obscure by superior splendor.«

To put an end to, by union or consolidation. [See Extinguishment.; .