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

Since the fire was extinguished, Lineage has been tasked with removing roughly 88 million pounds of spoiled and decomposing food, along with fire and demolition debris. — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

The likelihood of closer Mason Miller being traded was never high, and it has seemingly been entirely extinguished as the team has played better in July and sat one game out of a National League playoff spot as of Saturday morning. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Elsewhere, emergency workers extinguished a fire in a non-residential building in the capital’s Shevchenkivskyi district. — ABC News, 31 July 2026

Fire crews extinguished the flames and found one person dead inside. — Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 31 July 2026

The fire was extinguished, and crews assisted with overhaul operations and removed affected equipment. — Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Emergency crews are still scrambling to contain ferocious blazes in Spain and France, where authorities have warned wildfires could burn for several months before they are fully extinguished. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

But any hope Piastri had of staying in contention against Norris was extinguished in his bizarre clash with Carlos Sainz, the Williams driver Piastri was coming up to lap a few laps after his second stop. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 27 July 2026

For decades, the military has extinguished fires using foams containing toxic PFAS. — Austin Fast, USA Today, 26 July 2026