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
• wasted
• annihilated
• vaporized
• eroded
• decimated
• razed
• marred
• pulverized
• ravaged
• desolated
• wracked
• dismantled
• killed
• defeated
• totaled
• removed
• crippled
• crushed
• creamed
• rubbed out
• tore down
• pulled down
• nuked
• subdued
• injured
• blasted
• broke
• did in
• conquered
• dissolved
• disintegrated
• impaired
• licked
• eradicated
• harmed
• surmounted
• obliterated
• deteriorated
• trimmed
• mutilated
• mastered
• prevailed (over)
• whipped
• scotched
• routed
• disfigured
• won (against)
• swept (away)
• spoiled
• clobbered
• liquidated
• gutted
• thrashed
• vitiated
• triumphed (over)
• bested
• defaced
• expunged
• trounced
• overmatched
• dynamited
• extirpated
• exterminated
• mangled
• wore (away)
• washed out
• assassinated
• slaughtered
• plundered
• disassembled
• murdered
• scoured
• executed
• effaced
• sacked
• blew up
• trampled
• looted
• wiped out
• beat
• vandalized
• despoiled
• dispatched
• dilapidated
• blotted out
• undid
• zapped
• stamped (out)
• 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 ministry added that the fire has since been extinguished. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Pictures shared on social media after the fire was extinguished showed chairs and tables inside the pub completely charred and blackened, with parts of the ceiling peeling off. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026

Ladder 4 of the Fire Department extinguished the remaining fire. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2026

The fire was isolated to a meat case and has since been extinguished, said Mabrie Jackson, H-E-B’s managing director of public affairs. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026

Firefighting efforts are still underway, although media reports now say the open flames have been largely extinguished. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 9 July 2026

The blaze caused extensive damage to the store’s floor before the proprietor extinguished it, the feds say. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026

Those flames of common moral purpose could not be extinguished by the loss of any single individual. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 8 July 2026

By 9pm, the fire had been extinguished by the fire department. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2026