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Synonyms & Antonyms of extinguished
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in dead, doused
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for extinguished
- choked,
- damped,
- dead,
- doused
- (also dowsed),
- quenched,
- smothered,
- snuffed (out),
- stamped (out),
- suffocated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for extinguished
- ablaze,
- afire,
- aflame,
- alight
- [chiefly British],
- blazing,
- burning,
- combusting,
- conflagrant,
- fiery,
- flaming,
- ignited,
- inflamed
- (also enflamed),
- kindled,
- lit
- (or lighted)
- aglow,
- flaring,
- flickering,
- glowing,
- live,
- smoldering
- (or smouldering)
extinguished
verb
past tense of extinguish
Synonyms & Antonyms of extinguished (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to cause to cease burning
- the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on
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2
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 for extinguished
- annihilated,
- creamed,
- decimated,
- demolished,
- desolated,
- destroyed,
- devastated,
- did in,
- nuked,
- pulled down,
- pulverized,
- razed,
- rubbed out,
- ruined,
- shattered,
- smashed,
- tore down,
- totaled
- (or totalled),
- vaporized,
- wasted,
- wracked,
- wrecked
Words Related to extinguished
- beat,
- bested,
- clobbered,
- conquered,
- crushed,
- defeated,
- drubbed,
- licked,
- mastered,
- overbore,
- overcame,
- overmatched,
- prevailed (over),
- routed,
- scotched,
- skunked,
- subdued,
- surmounted,
- thrashed,
- trimmed,
- triumphed (over),
- trounced,
- walloped,
- whipped,
- won (against)
- blasted,
- blew up,
- broke,
- crippled,
- damaged,
- defaced,
- deteriorated,
- disfigured,
- disintegrated,
- dissolved,
- dynamited,
- harmed,
- impaired,
- injured,
- mangled,
- marred,
- mutilated,
- spoiled
- (or chiefly British spoilt),
- vitiated
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3
to stop the noise or speech of
- her final, telling point extinguished her opponents on the city council
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