mum söndürmeye mahsus şamdan külâhı

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Definition of mum söndürmeye mahsus şamdan külâhı in Turkish English dictionary

extinguish

{v} to quench, put out, destroy, obscure

to render extinct

If you extinguish a fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining. It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire = put out

kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex

to destroy or abolish something

If something extinguishes a feeling or idea, it destroys it. The message extinguished her hopes of Richard's return

put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

{f} put out, quench; totally destroy, annihilate

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

to obscure or eclipse something

To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor

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

extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"

to hunt down (a species) to extinction

Hyphenation

mum sön·dür·me·ye mah·sus şam·dan külâ·hı