What is "extinguishes"

Usage examples of "extinguishes".

Reaching for calmness, she begins with yellow, adds the blue, then turns off the yellow and waits a few seconds before she extinguishes the blue.

She extinguishes the white lantern, then fumbles in the darkness to select another at random.

So also of that other fountain which, though it is cold to the touch, and though it, like other fountains, extinguishes a lighted torch, yet, unlike other fountains, and in a surprising manner, kindles an extinguished torch.