zgasić — meaning in English

English meaning

• extinguish verb To put out a fire or light.
• kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
• quench verb To satisfy thirst, or more broadly, a strong desire.
• snub verb To deliberately ignore or treat someone coldly, as an insult.
• snuff noun Finely ground tobacco meant to be inhaled through the nose or held against the gum.

Senses

zgasić is used for these senses in English:

• extinguish To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
• quench (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
• snub (transitive) To stub out (a cigarette etc).
• snuff To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
• turn off (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

extinguish — full definition

1. verb To put out a fire or light.
2. verb To put a complete end to something, such as hope or a feeling.

kill — full definition

1. verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
2. verb To stop, switch off, or put an end to something completely.
3. verb To cause severe pain, exhaustion, or distress — often used informally and not literally.
4. noun An act of killing, or the animal or target that has been killed.

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