消す

Meaning

1. v5svt
   to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete
2. v5svt
   to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off
3. v5svt
   to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out
4. v5svt
   to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison)
5. v5svt
   to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle
6. v5svt
   to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out

Example sentences

• 彼は跡形もなく姿を消してしまったんだ。

  He disappeared without a trace.

• 人のいない部屋の照明をこまめに消す。

  Take care to turn off lights in rooms when nobody's in them.

• 空気を遮断して火を消した。

  The air was blocked off, extinguishing the fire.