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▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
▸ verb:  (figurative) To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
▸ verb:  (figurative) To kill (someone).
▸ verb:  (figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
▸ verb:  (psychology) To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex).
▸ verb:  (figurative) To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
▸ verb:  (figurative, chiefly law) To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
▸ verb:  (intransitive, reflexive) To die out.

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