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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fire
• light
• ignite
• kindle
• inflame

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extinguish

The strike caused a fire on board that was extinguished, and all crew members were reported safe, UKMTO said. — Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

The fire was upgraded to a second alarm but was canceled after firefighters brought the fire under control and extinguished it within 30 minutes. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

Firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze within an hour of the crash, but the four occupants were pronounced dead at the scene, Bilodeau said. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

The fire department had to cut a hole in the roof to extinguish the fire. — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026