消す [けす] /(v5s,vt) (1) to erase/to rub out/to rub off/to cross out/to delete/(v5s,vt) (2) to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.)/to switch off/(v5s,vt) (3) to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.)/to put out/(v5s,vt) (4) to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)/to eliminate/to get rid of/to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.)/to neutralize (poison)/(v5s,vt) (5) to drown out (a sound)/to deaden/to absorb/to muffle/(v5s,vt) (6) (col) to kill/to murder/to bump off/to rub out/(P)/EntL1350110/