Synonyms of extinguished

extinguished 1 of 2

adjective

as in smothered

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lit
• ignited
• fired
• kindled
• inflamed

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
• annihilated
• wasted
• vaporized
• eroded
• decimated
• razed
• pulverized
• marred
• desolated
• ravaged
• wracked
• totaled
• defeated
• killed
• dismantled
• creamed
• removed
• rubbed out
• crippled
• tore down
• crushed
• pulled down
• nuked
• subdued
• injured
• did in
• blasted
• conquered
• broke
• dissolved
• disintegrated
• impaired
• licked
• eradicated
• harmed
• surmounted
• obliterated
• deteriorated
• trimmed
• mutilated
• mastered
• prevailed (over)
• whipped
• scotched
• routed
• disfigured
• won (against)
• swept (away)
• clobbered
• liquidated
• spoiled
• gutted
• thrashed
• vitiated
• triumphed (over)
• bested
• defaced
• expunged
• trounced
• overmatched
• extirpated
• dynamited
• exterminated
• mangled
• wore (away)
• washed out
• disassembled
• plundered
• assassinated
• slaughtered
• scoured
• murdered
• executed
• effaced
• blew up
• trampled
• sacked
• wiped out
• looted
• beat
• vandalized
• despoiled
• dispatched
• dilapidated
• blotted out
• undid
• stamped (out)
• zapped
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extinguished

Adjective

By the time volunteer firefighters from nearby Cachagua arrived, McCord estimated that the fire was about 70% extinguished. — Lucy Hodgman, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026

That conditional pick, acquired in August’s salary dump of Haywood Highsmith, effectively has become extinguished. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026

As the anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis recently showed, local demonstrations often become national news only once protesters’ lives have been imperilled or, worse, extinguished. — Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026

Crackle, fizz, pop, extinguished. — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025

With all these no-shows this year, shouldn’t City Hall reach out in the spirit of bipartisanship and extend an invite to the extinguished solon Tran? — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025

Verb

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

Fire crews discovered a small fire at the Travel Inn, which was extinguished. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

The cause of the fire, which firefighters extinguished in just over an hour, is still under investigation, Xinhua News Agency said. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

After firefighters extinguished the blaze, authorities found two people dead inside a 2019 McLaren. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Hu’s ouster extinguished freewheeling politicking from the ranks of China’s leadership ever after. — Jonathan A. Czin, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

The car caught fire and had to be extinguished, Sanchez said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Crews simultaneously extinguished a fire that erupted after the rig crushed a BMW, Hevia said. — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

No one was inside the RV at the time of the fire, which was extinguished by the Cosumnes Community Services District Fire Department. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2026