Definition for Extinguish:

• To quench; to stifle; to destroy; to suppress; to obscure by superior splendour.

Synonyms for Extinguish:

• n.

  •
  • choke,
  • suffocate,
  • switch off.
  •
  • tackle.
  •
  • choke off.
  •
  • void.

• v.

  •annul (verb)
  • disavow,
  • invalidate,
  • refute,
  • disclaim,
  • nullify,
  • negate,
  • divorce,
  • dismiss,
  • annul,
  • delete,
  • abnegate,
  • veto,
  • dissolve,
  • Disaffirm,
  • revoke,
  • efface,
  • withdraw,
  • deny,
  • neutralize,
  • reject,
  • undo,
  • cancel,
  • retract.
  •kill; quash (verb)
  • check,
  • erase,
  • remove,
  • abate,
  • obscure.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • darken.
  •
  • abrogate,
  • quash,
  • wipe.
  •
  • overshadow.
  •
  • vitiate.
  •
  • stamp.
  •
  • dim,
  • shade.
  •consume
  • exhaust,
  • lay waste.
  •destroy
  • break down,
  • consume,
  • swallow up.
  •end
  • put to death.
  •kill
  • exterminate,
  • murder.
  •Other relevant words:
  • get through,
  • abolition,
  • amortize,
  • advice,
  • cork up,
  • put paid to,
  • asphyxiate,
  • jollification,
  • obliteration,
  • bomb,
  • perfect,
  • blow up,
  • clear,
  • make mincemeat of,
  • slaughter,
  • adumbrate,
  • information,
  • eat up,
  • disappear,
  • isolate,
  • quieten,
  • prune,
  • proscribe,
  • Dout,
  • press,
  • cut away,
  • extinction,
  • censor,
  • keep down,
  • evacuate,
  • turn,
  • pick out,
  • blast,
  • ban,
  • cut,
  • lop,
  • erode,
  • bear off,
  • finish,
  • detonation,
  • still,
  • peel,
  • message,
  • slay,
  • amputate,
  • empty,
  • manage,
  • placate,
  • obviate,
  • fake out,
  • drown,
  • polish off,
  • do in,
  • excise,
  • pare,
  • ice,
  • damp,
  • complete,
  • trample under foot,
  • hydrate,
  • fold,
  • clip,
  • lay low,
  • dock,
  • bump off,
  • settle,
  • exhibit,
  • out,
  • stop,
  • forestall,
  • truncate,
  • dispose of,
  • uproot,
  • slake,
  • sap,
  • jump on,
  • cork,
  • finalize,
  • assassinate,
  • devastate,
  • cull,
  • deaden,
  • shear,
  • extinct,
  • strip,
  • clamp down on,
  • demolish,
  • wash,
  • stymie,
  • tidings,
  • shush,
  • deplete,
  • inflate,
  • tread under foot,
  • kibosh,
  • strike,
  • exclude,
  • intelligence,
  • slaked,
  • trample,
  • satisfy,
  • call off,
  • thwart,
  • news,
  • devour,
  • extract,
  • prostrate,
  • make an end of,
  • banish,
  • carry away,
  • death,
  • make void,
  • put to shame,
  • stun,
  • shut down,
  • repast,
  • overcome,
  • wear away,
  • put,
  • outdo,
  • shave,
  • bob,
  • inundate,
  • take off,
  • Abscind,
  • repress,
  • discontinue,
  • break,
  • cancel out,
  • root,
  • fold up,
  • muzzle,
  • spend,
  • drop the curtain,
  • allay,
  • separate,
  • nip,
  • trample down,
  • confound,
  • keep under,
  • mutilate,
  • crop,
  • assuage,
  • inhale,
  • explosion,
  • refuse,
  • relieve,
  • abandon,
  • slack,
  • eat,
  • put away,
  • blow,
  • blower,
  • stay,
  • stanch,
  • story,
  • stultify,
  • butcher,
  • wash away,
  • trample underfoot,
  • annihilation,
  • throw overboard,
  • arrest,
  • pass,
  • rid of,
  • except,
  • gag,
  • express,
  • die out,
  • pulverize,
  • quit,
  • use up,
  • sit down on,
  • befog,
  • cool,
  • deactivate,
  • bottle up,
  • bring off,
  • confuse,
  • show up,
  • be successful,
  • scrag,
  • dismantle,
  • bar,
  • pacify,
  • rule out,
  • excrete,
  • desolate,
  • throttle,
  • dry,
  • blow-out,
  • repeal,
  • bear away,
  • frustrate,
  • gossip,
  • run through,
  • wrack,
  • strangle,
  • strike off,
  • mine,
  • disorganize,
  • waste,
  • wear off,
  • enucleate,
  • become extinct,
  • smash,
  • blow-outs,
  • trample out.

Paraphrases for Extinguish:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    douse.

• Independent

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    turn.
  • Verb, base form
    annihilate, suppress, abolish, Abolishing, quell, exterminate, delete, terminate, eliminate, Eliminating, destroy, defuse, eradicate, obliterate, remove, fight, shut, erase, stop, turn, wipe, discontinue, nullify, topple, overturn, dismantle, put, shatter, devastate, banish, dispel, cease, annul.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    shutdown.

Antonyms for Extinguish:

• v.

  • kill; quash
    construct, build, give birth, uncompress, revive, help.
  • put out a fire
    bear, start, create, light.
  • Other antonyms:
    fix, rebuild, sustain, doctor, save, stir, keep, organize, perpetuate, restore, found, raise, frame, patch, father, uphold, produce, conserve, revamp, repair, fire, set up, fashion, rear, establish, mold, remodel, assemble, reconstruct, shape, agitate, institute, constitute, invent, erect, recondition, forge, preserve, form, renovate, mend, kindle, protect.

Homophones for Extinguish:

• exceeding, equating, exceedance, exciting, ecdemic, existing, exquisiteness, exactness, exhausting, executing, exacting, existence.

Hypernym for Extinguish:

• v.

  • change
    put out, smother, stamp.

Hyponym for Extinguish:

• v.

  • change
    do away with, get rid of, eliminate, extinguish.