auslöschen

v/t (trennb., hat -ge-)

1. (Licht etc.) put out; (Feuer) auch extinguish; (Kerze) auch snuff (out); (Zigarette) stub (oder put) out

2. (Schrift) an der Tafel: rub out; (radieren) auch erase; (Steininschrift etc.) efface; (Spuren) wipe out, obliterate

3. fig. (vernichten) wipe out; (jemanden) destroy; (Erinnerungen etc.) obliterate, blot out

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to extinguish; to efface; to annihilate; to put out; to wipe out; to blow out; to erase

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aus|lö|schen

vt sep

1) Feuer to put out, to extinguish; Kerze auch to snuff out; (geh) Licht to extinguish

2) (= auswischen) Spuren to obliterate; (mit Schwamm etc) to wipe out; Schrift to erase (

an +dat from); Erinnerung, Schmach to blot out

ein Menschenleben áúslöschen (geh) — to destroy or blot out a human life

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1) (to cover, to prevent from being visible: The sand-storm obliterated his footprints.) obliterate

2) (to destroy completely: The town was obliterated by the bombs.) obliterate

3) (to extinguish the flame of (a candle etc): He snuffed out the candle by squeezing the wick between his thumb and forefinger.) snuff out

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aus|lö·schen

vt

▪ etw \auslöschen

1. (löschen) to extinguish [or sep put out] sth

eine Kerze \auslöschen to snuff [out sep] [or extinguish] a candle

2. (beseitigen) to obliterate sth

▪ etw [an etw dat] \auslöschen to erase sth [from sth]

3. (geh: tilgen) to blot out sth sep

Erinnerungen \auslöschen to obliterate [or sep blot out] memories; (vernichten) to obliterate [or destroy] sth

während des Krieges wurden ganze Dörfer ausgelöscht during the war, whole villages were destroyed

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transitives Verb

1) extinguish, put out <fire, lamp>; snuff, put out, extinguish <candle>; (fig.) extinguish <life>

2) (beseitigen) rub out, erase <drawing, writing>; <wind, rain> obliterate <tracks, writing>; (fig.) obliterate, wipe out <memory>; wipe out <people, population>

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auslöschen v/t (trennb, hat -ge-)

1. (Licht etc) put out; (Feuer) auch extinguish; (Kerze) auch snuff (out); (Zigarette) stub (oder put) out

2. (Schrift) an der Tafel: rub out; (radieren) auch erase; (Steininschrift etc) efface; (Spuren) wipe out, obliterate

3. fig (vernichten) wipe out; (jemanden) destroy; (Erinnerungen etc) obliterate, blot out

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transitives Verb

1) extinguish, put out <fire, lamp>; snuff, put out, extinguish <candle>; (fig.) extinguish <life>

2) (beseitigen) rub out, erase <drawing, writing>; <wind, rain> obliterate <tracks, writing>; (fig.) obliterate, wipe out <memory>; wipe out <people, population>

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adj.

eliminating adj. v.

to annihilate v.

to blow out v.

to efface v.

to obliterate v.

to put out v.

to raze v.