Synonyms of extinguish

extinguish

verb

1

as in to douse

to cause to cease burning

the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on

Synonyms & Similar Words

• douse
• quench
• choke
• blanket
• dowse
• smother
• suffocate
• put out
• blow out
• stub
• snuff (out)
• rub out
• snub (out)
• stamp (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignite
• fire
• light
• inflame
• kindle
• enflame

• ignite
• fire
• light
• inflame
• kindle
• enflame

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• demolish
• ruin
• shatter
• devastate
• wreck
• overcome
• smash
• damage
• annihilate
• vaporize
• waste
• decimate
• erode
• raze
• ravage
• pulverize
• nuke
• total
• dismantle
• kill
• subdue
• mar
• remove
• pull down
• tear down
• defeat
• wrack
• desolate
• cripple
• cream
• crush
• eradicate
• injure
• break
• conquer
• rub out
• blast
• impair
• dissolve
• disintegrate
• best
• harm
• obliterate
• surmount
• lick
• spoil
• do in
• master
• trim
• extirpate
• trounce
• expunge
• exterminate
• clobber
• vitiate
• deteriorate
• disfigure
• undo
• dynamite
• mutilate
• scotch
• liquidate
• whip
• rout
• thrash
• efface
• beat
• mangle
• assassinate
• overbear
• blow up
• slay
• disassemble
• deface
• skunk
• wash out
• scour
• wipe out
• overmatch
• unmake
• plunder
• execute
• drub
• slaughter
• wallop
• zap
• trample
• murder
• despoil
• blot out
• fell
• pillage
• sack
• take down
• dispatch
• kill off
• prevail (over)
• cut down
• loot
• vandalize
• gut
• dilapidate
• triumph (over)
• massacre
• sweep (away)
• unbuild
• trash
• win (against)
• havoc
• wear (away)
• take out
• butcher
• snuff (out)
• mow (down)
• stamp (out)
• root (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• create
• raise
• erect
• repair
• fix
• produce
• set up
• establish
• invent
• make
• rear
• protect
• patch
• preserve
• form
• found
• manufacture
• constitute
• assemble
• mend
• forge
• save
• organize
• shape
• conserve
• fabricate
• restore
• put up
• mold
• bring about
• recondition
• revamp
• rebuild
• frame
• reconstruct
• institute
• fashion
• doctor
• renovate
• father
• remodel

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• build
• construct
• create
• raise
• erect
• repair
• fix
• produce
• set up
• establish
• invent
• make
• rear
• protect
• patch
• preserve
• form
• found
• manufacture
• constitute
• assemble
• mend
• forge
• save
• organize
• shape
• conserve
• fabricate
• restore
• put up
• mold
• bring about
• recondition
• revamp
• rebuild
• frame
• reconstruct
• institute
• fashion
• doctor
• renovate
• father
• remodel

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3

as in to shush

to stop the noise or speech of

her final, telling point extinguished her opponents on the city council

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shush
• silence
• quell
• mute
• settle
• still
• quiet
• squelch
• hush
• shut up
• dumb
• quieten

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stir
• agitate

• stir
• agitate