Synonyms of extinguish

extinguish

verb

ik-ˈstiŋ-(g)wish 

1

as in to choke

to cause to cease burning

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• choke
• quench
• douse
• blanket
• dowse
• snuff (out)
• put out
• smother
• suffocate
• blow out
• stub
• stamp (out)
• snub (out)
• rub out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fire
• ignite
• light
• inflame
• kindle
• enflame

2

as in to destroy

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

• destroy
• demolish
• ruin
• shatter
• devastate
• overcome
• wreck
• smash
• annihilate
• damage
• vaporize
• waste
• erode
• decimate
• raze
• pulverize
• ravage
• kill
• dismantle
• desolate
• subdue
• remove
• pull down
• tear down
• cream
• defeat
• rub out
• mar
• total
• cripple
• crush
• injure
• break
• nuke
• conquer
• eradicate
• impair
• wrack
• do in
• blast
• dissolve
• disintegrate
• best
• surmount
• harm
• spoil
• obliterate
• lick
• trim
• prevail (over)
• deteriorate
• vitiate
• master
• win (against)
• exterminate
• extirpate
• triumph (over)
• expunge
• disfigure
• undo
• mutilate
• wear (away)
• rout
• sweep (away)
• liquidate
• scotch
• beat
• thrash
• whip
• dynamite
• blow up
• assassinate
• efface
• slay
• deface
• disassemble
• wipe out
• wash out
• clobber
• trounce
• mangle
• scour
• overbear
• execute
• unmake
• slaughter
• fell
• plunder
• overmatch
• sack
• trample
• take down
• blot out
• despoil
• cut down
• drub
• pillage
• zap
• snuff (out)
• murder
• kill off
• stamp (out)
• massacre
• dispatch
• loot
• havoc
• vandalize
• skunk
• gut
• take out
• mow (down)
• wallop
• unbuild
• dilapidate
• trash
• root (out)
• butcher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• raise
• create
• set up
• erect
• put up
• repair
• fix
• produce
• rear
• patch
• make
• establish
• invent
• protect
• found
• form
• mend
• preserve
• manufacture
• constitute
• assemble
• forge
• shape
• save
• organize
• fabricate
• conserve
• mold
• bring about
• recondition
• restore
• revamp
• frame
• institute
• fashion
• rebuild
• reconstruct
• doctor
• renovate
• father
• remodel

3

as in to shush

to stop the noise or speech of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shush
• silence
• settle
• mute
• quell
• quiet
• hush
• dumb
• still
• shut up
• squelch
• quieten

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stir
• agitate

Examples of extinguish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Volunteers help firefighters extinguish a fire in a wood factory in Vrilissia. —Maria Sidiropoulou, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024

About 20 minutes later, the fire department came to extinguish the fire. —Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024

The Westchester County Department of Public Safety and the Mount Vernon Fire Department were responding to a report of a fire before finding a deceased body once the flames were extinguished. —Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Aug. 2024

Evans said a chance of thunderstorms this weekend raised concern that lightning strikes could ignite fires in areas already extinguished by firefighters. —Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024