1
as in to choke
to cause to cease burning
the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on
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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
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Recent Examples of extinguish
That interpretation flips Adams’s opera on its head, since military disaster nearly extinguishes their passion and his-and-hers suicides clear the way for Roman conquest.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
The Washington Township Fire Department was right behind them, arriving within minutes to extinguish the blaze.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 May 2025
Additional crews were called in to help extinguish the fire, according to officials.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
Kansas City firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze in a vacant building at the corner of East 8th Street and Woodland Avenue on Tuesday evening.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
The Washington Township Fire Department was right behind them, arriving within minutes to extinguish the blaze.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 May 2025
Additional crews were called in to help extinguish the fire, according to officials.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
Kansas City firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze in a vacant building at the corner of East 8th Street and Woodland Avenue on Tuesday evening.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extinguish
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That includes allegations that in 2024, Burgin would consistently put his hands on her—scratching, choking her, and slamming her head into a wall.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
19 May 2025
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The girl, whose family identified her as Lily, was driven to a remote location on the night of May 3, where her ex-boyfriend then assaulted her, choked her and threw her from a moving vehicle, the Star-Telegram previously reported.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 May 2025
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea from a group of Native American activists and supporters to block a copper mining company from destroying an Apache religious site.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
27 May 2025
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During the week of my embed, the Russian military identified and destroyed a few of the Vampire pilots’ positions.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2025
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Collectively, thousands of fans shushed each other to help Brunson focus.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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May 15, 2025 Suleymanov shushed the St. Louis supporters and later cupped his hands to his ears while gathering the ball for a throw-in.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2025
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One of the main culprits is the extraction of groundwater to quench the thirst of growing populations and commerce.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
8 May 2025
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Related Articles shop colourpop’s color of the month The cushiony formula quenches lips with a glossy finish and a hint of color — Mango Sorbet.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
7 May 2025
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Its current office building in the area would be demolished.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2025
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Facing greater competition and sensing more opportunity, the owners decided to close the hotel at the end of May and demolish the building next year.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
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The fearless testimony of the three survivors during this trial proves that no matter how powerful the abuser, no matter how indifferent the systems that ignore the abuse, survivors will not be silenced.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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But what's new is both the effort to silence and harm the career prospects of student dissidents as well as the coordinated effort to force universities to shutter entire programs of study for fear that criticism of Israel's policies—and America's complicity with them—might escape containment.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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Stewart has made an assured mess: a bleary, florid and sometimes lyrical film that could stand to be doused by a bucket of ice water.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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But Greer’s goal 3:33 into the second doused that momentum.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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But that stumble constitutes Hwang’s only confrontation with the hypocrisy that ruins Yellow Face and its inherent PBS conceit.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 May 2025
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“Extinguish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extinguish. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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