re-stinguō nxī, nctus, ere, to put out, quench, extinguish: ad restinguendum concurrere, to extinguish the flames, Cs.: aquam ad restinguendum ferre, L.: ignem: moenibus subiectos ignīs: flammam orientem, L.: incendium, S.

—To quench, slake, assuage, allay, mitigate, counteract: sitim: aquae sitim rivo, V.: ardentis Falerni Pocula lymphā, H.

—Fig., to extinguish, exterminate, destroy: haec verba una falsa lacrimula Restinguet, T.: animos hominum sensūsque morte restingui: bellum restinctum: parte animi, in quā irarum exsistit ardor, restinctā, appeased: libertatis recuperandae studia: sermunculum omnem.