Difference between Extinguish and Obliterate

EXTINGUISH vs OBLITERATE: ADJECTIVE

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 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 remove or destroy completely so as to leave no trace. : annihilate.
To render invisible or unreadable, as by erasing or marking over.
To remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation.
To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.
To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible.

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
In law, to put an end to. See extinguishment, 2.
To put under a cloud; obscure: eclipse; make unnoticed or unnoticeable: as, he was completely extinguished in this brilliant company.

Synonyms Erase, Expunge, etc. (see efface), rub out, rub off, wipe out, remove.
To blot or render undecipherable; blot out; erase; efface; remove all traces of.
In entomology, almost effaced; obsolete or very indistinct, as the surface-markings of an insect.

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

Eliminate, Shatter, Erase, Annihilate, Destroy, Blot out, Blotted out, Wipe out, Obscure, Extinguish, Hide, Destroyed, Kill, Efface, Wipe

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

Eliminate, Shatter, Erase, Annihilate, Destroy, Blotted out, Blot out, Wipe out, Obscure, Extinguish, Hide, Destroyed, Kill, Efface, Wipe

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.

Rain candistort or obliterate the images in your mirrors.
He was in no way trying to obliterate Japan.
Play: Obliterate an enemy with less Health than me.
She can just obliterate anyone who comes at us.
This distinction he proposed to obliterate by his measure.
Church that we must not obliterate or forget.
Increase if you can easily obliterate a rift.
NRA, and entirely obliterate our great Second Amendment.
Erase, obliterate; lay level With the ground, demolish.
It does not contemplate that we can obliterate the railway any more than we can obliterate the highway.