extinguish

verb

1. extinguish by crushing"stub out your cigarette now"
2. put an end to; kill"The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
3. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights"Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"
4. terminate, end, or take out"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
5. kill in large numbers"the plague wiped out an entire population"