Synonyms of extinguishes

extinguishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of extinguish

1

as in blankets

to cause to cease burning

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lights
• ignites
• fires
• kindles
• inflames

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in shushes

to stop the noise or speech of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stirs
• agitates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extinguishes

The difference is that, like early insurance companies, CTS extinguishes only the fires it is paid, including by Tensor, to put out. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Engagement between warring parties rarely extinguishes mistrust. — Matt Waldman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026

Video on social media shows flames outside the building – and someone tossing something into the flames, leading to what appears to be fireworks going off – before another person extinguishes the fire. — Brynn Gingras, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Desmond successfully uncorks a stone plug at the island's core and extinguishes the light. — Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026

After the fish has dropped, a bucket of water from Enid Lake extinguishes the fire. — Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025

Other projectile powers satisfy in and out of combat, like the ice shot that extinguishes fires and freezes foes in their tracks. — PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025

The 27-year-old's extension extinguishes any remaining embers surrounding the possibility of the Mavericks trading him this offseason. — Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025