extingar

Borrowed from English extinguish, French éteindre, Italian estinguere, Spanish extinguir.

• IPA^(key): /ekstinˈɡar/, /eɡztinˈɡar/

extingar (present tense extingas, past tense extingis, future tense extingos, imperative extingez, conditional extingus)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to extinguish, put out (of fire or light), turn off (electricity)
   • J. Houillon, "La muzikisti dil urbo Bremen", in Kolekturo de rakonti da Le Grimm, 1928.

     Kande la quar muzikisti par-festinabis, li extingis la lampi e serchis repozeyi, singlu segun sua naturo e sua gusti.

     When the four musicians had feasted, they put out the lamps and sought places to rest, each according to its nature and its tastes.

   Voluntez extingar la fairo.

   Please extinguish the flame.

   Ka tu povas extingar la televiziono?

   Can you turn off the TV?

2. (figuratively) to end, cancel, to go out

   La biro extingis mea dursto perfekte.

   The beer quenched my thirst perfectly.

   Li extingis la debo.

   They canceled the debt.

3. to exterminate (of organisms)

   La bombo extingis tota raso.

   The bomb exterminated a whole race.

• acendar

• extingilo (“extinguisher”)