Synonyms of extinguishes

extinguishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of extinguish

1

as in chokes

to cause to cease burning

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignites
• lights
• fires
• kindles
• inflames
• enflames

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