Extinguish
Extinguish (eks*tin"gwish) , transitive verb
[Latin extinguere, exstinguere; ex out + stinguere to quench. See Distinguish, Finish.]
1.
To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish.
This extinguishes my right to the reversion.
2.
To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
Natural graces that extinguish art.