extinguishes

Synonyms

blow-out beat out snuff out press out stub out

Examples

Absence extinguishes the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire. François de La Rochefoucauld

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world. William Penn

A little knowledge is said to be a dangerous thing, but it is not dangerous to the imagination. Knowledge is to the imagination what fuel is to flame. A little feeds it; a great deal extinguishes it. Alfred Austin

Better ice that melts than fire that extinguishes. Finnish Proverb

If you neglect the pot, it boils over and extinguishes the fire. Nigerian Proverb

A good word extinguishes more than a pailful of water. Spanish Proverb