extinguish
v. B2 Upper Intermediate US //ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ// UK //ɛkstˈɪŋɡwɪʃ// ex·tin·guish
v. to stop a fire from burning or to end a feeling or idea completely.
v. to cause a flame or fire to cease burning; figuratively, to bring an end to a hope, feeling, or legal right.
Firefighters worked for hours to extinguish the forest fire.
The news of the budget cuts served to extinguish any remaining hope for the project's completion.
In legal contexts, a debt or obligation may be extinguished once the specific conditions of the contract have been fully satisfied by both parties.
Borrowed from Latin extinguo (“to put out (what is burning), quench, extinguish, deprive of life, destroy, abolish”), from ex (“out”) + stinguere (“to put out, quench, extinguish”). Doublet of extinct.
Usage
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object.