extinguish

verb

1. 1

   To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench

2. 2

   To destroy or abolish something

   “She extinguished all my hopes.”

3. 3

   To obscure or eclipse something

   “The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.”

4. 4

   To bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex

   “Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.”

5. 5

   To hunt down (a species) to extinction

6. 6

   To die out.