apagando

v. blow out, puff out; douse; turn off; smother; silence, mute

v. turn out, turn off, extinguish, quench, douse; delete, obliterate, efface; abrade, wipe off

= turn off, quench, snub out, extinguish, dim, snuff out, snuff, dampen, stamp out.
Ex: Trapping must be turned off by hand when the document has been picked up by the borrower.
Ex: By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.
Ex: 'Who will tell her?' 'I'll take care of that,' responded the principal with acerbity, snubbing out her cigarette.
Ex: His sudden gust of audacity was quickly extinguished by her words and by her glance.
Ex: At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.
Ex: The producer did a 'hatchet job' on the film, substantially dumbing down the project and snuffing out any subtlety or nuance.
Ex: Perhaps it was his hunger for precision and philosophical truth that snuffed the literary flame in Musil.
Ex: Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.
Ex: The existence of the Internet and World Wide Web has made it almost impossible to stamp out crimes committed by hackers.
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* apagar el fuego = put out + the flames.
* apagarse = subside.
* apagar un fuego = extinguish + fire, put down + fire.
* fuego + apagar = fire + be out.
* luz + apagarse = light + go out.