Difference between Extinguish and Annihilate

EXTINGUISH vs ANNIHILATE: VERB

To reduce to nonexistence.
To defeat decisively.
To convert (a subatomic particle) to energy or high-energy particles by annihilation.
To be completely destructive.
To participate in annihilation. Used of particles and antiparticles.
To destroy completely.

To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.
To put an end to or make extinct; destroy: : annihilate.
To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).
To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy.

To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of.

In law, to put an end to. See extinguishment, 2.
To destroy; put an end to; suppress: as, to extinguish an army; to extinguish desire or hope; to extinguish a claim or title.
To put out; quench; stifle: as, to extinguish fire or flame.
Put an end to
Kill
To put under a cloud; obscure: eclipse; make unnoticed or unnoticeable: as, he was completely extinguished in this brilliant company.

To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists: as, to annihilate a forest by cutting and carrying away the trees; to annihilate an army; to annihilate a house by demolishing the structure; also, to destroy or eradicate, as a property or an attribute of a thing.
To reduce to nothing; deprive of existence; cause to cease to be.
Annihilated.

Suppress, Quell, Subdue, Douse, Crush out, Stub out, Carry off, Press out, Wipe out, Decimate, Snuff out, Eliminate, Annihilate, Obliterate, Eradicate

Clobber, Wipe, Overwhelm, Crush, Slay, Kill, Obliterate, Exterminate, Destroy, Carry off, Wipe out, Extinguish, Eliminate, Eradicate, Decimate

Defuse, Suppress, Quell, Subdue, Douse, Stub out, Crush out, Carry off, Wipe out, Decimate, Snuff out, Eliminate, Annihilate, Obliterate, Eradicate

Clobber, Wipe, Overwhelm, Crush, Slay, Kill, Obliterate, Exterminate, Destroy, Carry off, Wipe out, Extinguish, Eliminate, Eradicate, Decimate

Do not attempt to extinguish a pipeline fire.
Only attempt to extinguish a fire if trained.
Vermont law such facts cannot extinguish these easements.
Mexican society has failed to extinguish her nonconformity.
Congress cannot by statute extinguish that constitutional authority.
Smoldering composites are difficult to extinguish with water.
New Fire Safety Rule Could Extinguish Singapore's Solar Sector. 20 March 2015 - New Fire Safety Rule Could Extinguish Singapore's Solar Sector.
Fixed schedules are easy to extinguish, whereas variable schedules are difficult to extinguish.
Mining leases do not necessarily extinguish all native title, but do extinguish the native title rights with which they conflict.
Some lamps may extinguish early; other lamps may flicker before they extinguish at their low end.