Definition for Extinguishment:

• The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.

Synonyms for Extinguishment:

• n.

  •
  • make,
  • extinction,
  • extirpation,
  • help.
  •
  • avoidance,
  • continue.
  •abolition (noun)
  • annulment,
  • invalidation,
  • Rescinding,
  • ending,
  • cancellation,
  • abolishment,
  • termination,
  • nullification.
  •annihilation (noun)
  • elimination,
  • eradication,
  • slaughter,
  • obliteration,
  • excision,
  • genocide,
  • destruction.
  •annulment (noun)
  • refutation,
  • dismissal,
  • abnegation,
  • neutralization,
  • negation,
  • repudiation,
  • undoing,
  • rejection,
  • withdrawal,
  • retraction,
  • deletion,
  • dissolution,
  • revocation,
  • Disaffirmation,
  • disavowal,
  • denial,
  • divorce,
  • abolition,
  • Disclamation.
  •eclipse (noun)
  • de cline,
  • de clines,
  • penumbrae,
  • dimmings,
  • de-cline,
  • de-clines,
  • darkenings.
  •extermination (noun)
  • ex termination,
  • ex terminations,
  • ex-termination,
  • ex-terminations.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Defeasance,
  • abrogation,
  • annihilation,
  • voidance.

Paraphrases for Extinguishment:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    collisional.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    cessation, abatement, firefighting.
  • Verb, base form
    terminate.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    fire-extinguishing, extinct, extinguishing, sunset.
  • Proper noun, singular
    extinction, extinguishing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    extinction, extinguishing, exhaustion, sunset, deactivation.

Extinguishment Sentence Examples:

• One could not but pity the extinguishment of her poor little great affairs.

• Upon some altars fires were kept constantly burning, and their extinguishment was considered a matter of great alarm.