Synonyms of extinguished

extinguished 1 of 2

adjective

as in smothered

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lit
• ignited
• lighted
• burning
• kindled
• aflame
• inflamed
• fiery
• flaming
• blazing
• enflamed
• afire
• alight
• live
• flickering
• aglow
• smoldering
• smouldering
• 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
• dowsed
• snuffed (out)
• put out
• smothered
• suffocated
• blew out
• stamped (out)
• snubbed (out)
• stubbed
• rubbed out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lit
• lighted
• ignited
• fired
• kindled
• inflamed
• enflamed

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
• totalled
• wracked
• dismantled
• killed
• defeated
• totaled
• removed
• crippled
• crushed
• creamed
• rubbed out
• tore down
• pulled down
• nuked
• subdued
• injured
• blasted
• did in
• broke
• conquered
• dissolved
• disintegrated
• impaired
• eradicated
• licked
• 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
• spoilt
• mangled
• wore (away)
• assassinated
• washed out
• slaughtered
• plundered
• disassembled
• murdered
• scoured
• executed
• effaced
• blew up
• sacked
• trampled
• looted
• wiped out
• vandalized
• beat
• 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