1
as in to choke
to cause to cease burning
the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on
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2
as in to destroy
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
a fatal blunder that extinguished all hope that the team would actually win the play-offs
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Recent Examples of extinguish
And unlike in the Shimoda case, neither the standing of the plaintiffs nor the sovereign immunity of the defendant will extinguish the proceedings.
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E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
But Alonso struck out on a high, 99-mph fastball from Baz on a 3-2 count to extinguish the threat.
—Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2025
That walk put two runners on base against Suárez for the first time and effectively extinguished his goal of reaching the eighth.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Images of the aftermath of the crash shows fire crews working to extinguish the blaze at the resident doctors' accommodation.
—Hannah Parry
barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
But Alonso struck out on a high, 99-mph fastball from Baz on a 3-2 count to extinguish the threat.
—Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2025
That walk put two runners on base against Suárez for the first time and effectively extinguished his goal of reaching the eighth.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Images of the aftermath of the crash shows fire crews working to extinguish the blaze at the resident doctors' accommodation.
—Hannah Parry
barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extinguish
Verb
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Officers then spoke to the second victim, who said Bonds slammed them to the floor and choked them as well.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Its options are widely considered to include retaliation against U.S. forces in the region as well as choking a major global oil supply route, the Strait of Hormuz.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
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In September 2024, the same month as the pager attack and assassination of Hezbollah’s leader, Israel launched the most extensive campaign of airstrikes in the air force’s history hitherto, destroying much of Hezbollah’s strategic surface-to-surface missile stockpiles.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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This is the signature style of Russian killers — to destroy life by all methods at their disposal.—
Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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For a start, the cheers from the nearby Andy Murray Arena are loud and booming, but so too is the exclusive balcony area hanging just to the side of the court, where people are sipping their wine or their Pimm’s and chatting loudly (the judge on court 1 has to shush them at one point).—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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The crowd had just spent an entire overtime shushing each other.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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And for a nightcap, guests have not one, but two bar options to quench their thirst for spirits and top shelf drinks.—
Karla Pope,
Architectural Digest,
19 June 2025
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Image courtesy of the researchers Now, those quantities aren't going to go a long way towards quenching anyone's thirst – so the team believes an array of these vertically hydrogel panels could be deployed in water-scarce regions to deliver larger amounts that could support an entire household.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
13 June 2025
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Hegseth touted Caine's explanation as proof the bombs fully demolished Fordow.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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The more than 115-year-old Advocate Trinity building on the Southeast Side of Chicago, on 93rd Street, will continue to serve patients until the new hospital is ready, at which point it will be demolished.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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For Paul, the bout is another step in his attempt to silence the purists and reassert himself as more than a YouTube celebrity with gloves.—
Jad El Reda,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Shiraishi also killed the boyfriend of one victim in order to silence him and evade possible detection by law enforcement.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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This is true of people who don’t bathe and also people who are fastidious about bathing and douse themselves in cologne, and everyone else in between.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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He is accused of dousing a 25-year-old woman and her 11-month-old baby girl with pepper spray, hitting them in the face and arm, last Friday on a southbound M train as the train approached the Court Square-23rd St. station in Long Island City, police said.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
27 June 2025
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And just like that, Donald Trump ruined something else.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2025
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“Extinguish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extinguish. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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