Synonyms of extinguishes

extinguishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of extinguish

1

as in quenches

to cause to cease burning

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quenches
• chokes
• douses
• blankets
• smothers
• suffocates
• dowses
• puts out
• stubs
• blows out
• snuffs (out)
• rubs out
• snubs (out)
• stamps (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignites
• fires
• lights
• inflames
• kindles
• enflames

• ignites
• fires
• lights
• inflames
• kindles
• enflames

2

as in destroys

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

• destroys
• demolishes
• shatters
• ruins
• devastates
• wrecks
• overcomes
• smashes
• damages
• annihilates
• wastes
• vaporizes
• erodes
• decimates
• razes
• pulverizes
• ravages
• dismantles
• kills
• removes
• mars
• desolates
• subdues
• wracks
• cripples
• nukes
• injures
• tears down
• defeats
• crushes
• breaks
• conquers
• creams
• blasts
• pulls down
• impairs
• totals
• dissolves
• disintegrates
• eradicates
• rubs out
• harms
• obliterates
• does in
• deteriorates
• surmounts
• disfigures
• vitiates
• mutilates
• licks
• spoils
• clobbers
• thrashes
• undoes
• whips
• mangles
• expunges
• defaces
• dynamites
• exterminates
• liquidates
• effaces
• masters
• trims
• routs
• wallops
• beats
• assassinates
• extirpates
• slays
• disassembles
• trounces
• unmakes
• overbears
• slaughters
• plunders
• tramples
• scours
• despoils
• executes
• bests
• scotches
• trashes
• zaps
• overmatches
• blows up
• skunks
• guts
• washes out
• drubs
• pillages
• loots
• vandalizes
• sacks
• murders
• wipes out
• takes down
• dispatches
• blots out
• cuts down
• massacres
• prevails (over)
• triumphs (over)
• unbuilds
• havocs
• wins (against)
• kills off
• dilapidates
• butchers
• fells
• sweeps (away)
• takes out
• wears (away)
• snuffs (out)
• mows (down)
• stamps (out)
• roots (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• builds
• creates
• erects
• raises
• constructs
• repairs
• produces
• invents
• establishes
• makes
• rears
• doctors
• protects
• constitutes
• fixes
• manufactures
• mends
• assembles
• forms
• organizes
• preserves
• forges
• reconditions
• shapes
• founds
• fabricates
• fathers
• restores
• saves
• sets up
• conserves
• revamps
• molds
• frames
• brings about
• institutes
• fashions
• patches
• reconstructs
• puts up
• rebuilds
• renovates
• remodels

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• builds
• creates
• erects
• raises
• constructs
• repairs
• produces
• invents
• establishes
• makes
• rears
• doctors
• protects
• constitutes
• fixes
• manufactures
• mends
• assembles
• forms
• organizes
• preserves
• forges
• reconditions
• shapes
• founds
• fabricates
• fathers
• restores
• saves
• sets up
• conserves
• revamps
• molds
• frames
• brings about
• institutes
• fashions
• patches
• reconstructs
• puts up
• rebuilds
• renovates
• remodels

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3

as in silences

to stop the noise or speech of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• silences
• mutes
• shushes
• quiets
• settles
• hushes
• quells
• squelches
• stills
• quietens
• shuts up
• dumbs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stirs
• agitates

• stirs
• agitates