Synonyms of extinguished

extinguished 1 of 2

adjective

as in smothered

Related Words

• smothered
• quenched
• choked
• damped
• snuffed (out)
• suffocated
• stamped (out)
• doused
• dead

Dissimilar Words

• lit
• ignited
• burning
• kindled
• aflame
• inflamed
• fiery
• flaming
• blazing
• afire
• alight
• live
• flickering
• aglow
• smoldering
• combusting
• flaring
• glowing
• ablaze
• conflagrant
• hot
• broiling
• red-hot
• searing
• sizzling
• roasting
• piping hot
• scorching
• scalding

extinguished

2 of 2

verb

past tense of extinguish

1

as in choked

to cause to cease burning

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• choked
• quenched
• blanketed
• doused
• snuffed (out)
• put out
• smothered
• suffocated
• blew out
• stamped (out)
• stubbed
• snubbed (out)
• rubbed out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lit
• ignited
• fired
• kindled
• inflamed

2

as in destroyed

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

• destroyed
• demolished
• ruined
• shattered
• wrecked
• devastated
• smashed
• damaged
• overcame
• annihilated
• wasted
• vaporized
• eroded
• decimated
• razed
• pulverized
• marred
• desolated
• ravaged
• wracked
• totaled
• defeated
• killed
• dismantled
• creamed
• removed
• rubbed out
• crippled
• tore down
• crushed
• pulled down
• nuked
• subdued
• injured
• did in
• blasted
• conquered
• broke
• dissolved
• disintegrated
• impaired
• licked
• eradicated
• harmed
• surmounted
• obliterated
• deteriorated
• trimmed
• mutilated
• mastered
• prevailed (over)
• whipped
• scotched
• routed
• disfigured
• won (against)
• swept (away)
• clobbered
• liquidated
• spoiled
• gutted
• thrashed
• vitiated
• triumphed (over)
• bested
• defaced
• expunged
• trounced
• overmatched
• extirpated
• dynamited
• exterminated
• mangled
• wore (away)
• washed out
• disassembled
• plundered
• assassinated
• slaughtered
• scoured
• murdered
• executed
• effaced
• blew up
• trampled
• sacked
• wiped out
• looted
• beat
• vandalized
• despoiled
• dispatched
• dilapidated
• blotted out
• undid
• stamped (out)
• zapped
• trashed
• snuffed (out)
• took down
• felled
• pillaged
• skunked
• massacred
• rooted (out)
• drubbed
• cut down
• walloped
• killed off
• butchered
• overbore
• unmade
• took out
• mowed (down)
• slew
• unbuilt
• havocked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• built
• constructed
• erected
• raised
• set up
• created
• fixed
• repaired
• reared
• put up
• produced
• made
• formed
• invented
• established
• manufactured
• assembled
• shaped
• constituted
• forged
• preserved
• protected
• founded
• molded
• instituted
• organized
• saved
• fashioned
• fabricated
• brought about
• framed
• mended
• reconditioned
• restored
• patched
• revamped
• doctored
• rebuilt
• reconstructed
• conserved
• fathered
• renovated
• remodeled

3

as in shushed

to stop the noise or speech of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shushed
• silenced
• quieted
• muted
• settled
• stilled
• hushed
• quelled
• squelched
• shut up
• quietened
• dumbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stirred
• agitated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extinguished

Adjective

By the time volunteer firefighters from nearby Cachagua arrived, McCord estimated that the fire was about 70% extinguished. — Lucy Hodgman, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026

That conditional pick, acquired in August’s salary dump of Haywood Highsmith, effectively has become extinguished. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026

As the anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis recently showed, local demonstrations often become national news only once protesters’ lives have been imperilled or, worse, extinguished. — Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026

Crackle, fizz, pop, extinguished. — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025

With all these no-shows this year, shouldn’t City Hall reach out in the spirit of bipartisanship and extend an invite to the extinguished solon Tran? — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025

Verb

The Ross Fire in Palo Pinto County has been fully extinguished after burning for 23 days and scorching roughly 90,000 acres across North Texas. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

After firefighters extinguished the blaze, authorities found two people dead inside a 2019 McLaren. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Hu’s ouster extinguished freewheeling politicking from the ranks of China’s leadership ever after. — Jonathan A. Czin, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

The car caught fire and had to be extinguished, Sanchez said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Crews simultaneously extinguished a fire that erupted after the rig crushed a BMW, Hevia said. — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

No one was inside the RV at the time of the fire, which was extinguished by the Cosumnes Community Services District Fire Department. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2026

Newcastle can now extract far more money from any potential suitors and will be more confident of keeping hold of Hall now, though the prospect of the England defender leaving has not been entirely extinguished. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Passengers and flight attendants tackled him and extinguished the fire as the plane made an emergency landing. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026