Extinguish

//ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ//

Synonyms for "extinguish" (228 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Strong matches (68)

Related words (114)

kibosh kill knock off knock out ko lop murder mutilate muzzle nip nullify obliterate obscure out outdo overshadow pare peel perfect pick out

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Verb(34 words)

lay waste level liquidate nuke obliterate outshine overthrow overturn pay off press out pull down pulverize quench race ravage ravel raze remove ruin slake

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smother snuff out stamp out stub stub out subvert total unbreed unexist unmake uproot waste wipe off wreck

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

17 entries

blow out break break off cease destroy destruct discontinue do away with eliminate get rid of give up kill lay off quench quit snuff out

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

ignite

Synonyms

4 entries

eliminate put out snuff out stub out

Related terms

5 entries

distinguish extinct extinction extinguisher fire extinguisher

derived

5 entries

extinguishable extinguishant extinguishment inextinguishability self-extinguishing

has context

1 entries

psychology

related to

15 entries

abolish burning conditioned reflex destroy die out distinguish eclipse extinct extinction extinguisher fire fire extinguisher obscure put out quench

similar

1 entries

decimate

Translations

134 translations across 69 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

fik verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
shthur verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
shuj verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

σβέννυμι verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Arabic

2 entries

أَطْفَأَ verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
طفى verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Armenian

2 entries

հանգցնել verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
մարել verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Aromanian

1 entries

astingu verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Assamese

2 entries

নুমুউৱা verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
নুমুৱা verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܡܲܟ̰ܡܸܥ verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

keçirmək verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
söndürmək verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Basque

1 entries

itzali verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Bulgarian

3 entries

гася verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
потушавам verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
унищожавам verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)

Catalan

2 entries

apagar verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
extingir verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

ئیبادەت verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
کوژاندن verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎬᏜᏗᎭ verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Chichewa

1 entries

kuzímitsa verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

撲滅 /扑灭 verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
熄滅 /熄灭 verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Dalmatian

1 entries

stotur verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Danish

4 entries

skygge for verb (to eclipse or obscure (someone or something) — see also eclipse, obscure)
slukke verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
slukke verb (to eclipse or obscure (someone or something) — see also eclipse, obscure)
slukke verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)

Dutch

4 entries

blussen verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
doven verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
uitdoven verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
verduisteren verb (to eclipse or obscure (someone or something) — see also eclipse, obscure)

Esperanto

1 entries

estingi verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Evenki

1 entries

сими verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Faroese

1 entries

sløkkja verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Finnish

4 entries

himmentää verb (to eclipse or obscure (someone or something) — see also eclipse, obscure)
sammuttaa verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
sammuttaa verb (to bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex))
tuhota verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)

French

1 entries

éteindre verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Friulian

1 entries

distudâ verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Galician

3 entries

apagar verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
atafegar verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
matar verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

German

4 entries

abschalten verb (to bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex))
auslöschen verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
auslöschen verb (to bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex))
löschen verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Greek

1 entries

σβήνω verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Hawaiian

2 entries

hoʻopio verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
kinai verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Hebrew

1 entries

כיבה verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Hindi

1 entries

बुझाना verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Hungarian

2 entries

elfojt verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
elolt verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Icelandic

1 entries

slökkva verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Ingrian

1 entries

sammuttaa verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Irish

1 entries

múch verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Italian

1 entries

estinguere verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Japanese

4 entries

打っ潰す verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
消す verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
絶やす verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
鎮火する verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Khmer

1 entries

ពន្លត់ verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Latin

2 entries

exstinguō verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
perimō verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)

Ligurian

2 entries

amortâ verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
amortâ verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)

Lithuanian

2 entries

gesinti verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
užgesinti verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Maltese

1 entries

tefa verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Mongolian

1 entries

унтраах verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Māori

4 entries

poko verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
tinei verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
tinetinei verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
whakanoa verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)

Norwegian

1 entries

slukke verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Occitan

3 entries

atudar verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
esténger verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
esténher verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Polish

4 entries

stłumić verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
stłumić verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
ugasić verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
ugasić verb (to eclipse or obscure (someone or something) — see also eclipse, obscure)

Portuguese

2 entries

apagar verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
extinguir verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Quechua

1 entries

thasnuy verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Rarotongan

1 entries

tinai verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Romanian

1 entries

stinge verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Romansch

4 entries

stidar verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
stizar verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
stüder verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
stüzzer verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Russian

4 entries

cкрывать verb (to eclipse or obscure (someone or something) — see also eclipse, obscure)
гаси́ть verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
затмить verb (to eclipse or obscure (someone or something) — see also eclipse, obscure)
погаси́ть verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Sardinian

1 entries

ammortiare verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

smàil verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Spanish

2 entries

apagar verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
extinguir verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Swahili

1 entries

kuzima verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Swedish

3 entries

släcka verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
släcka verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
utsläcka verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)

Tahitian

1 entries

tīnai verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Telugu

1 entries

ఆర్పు verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Thai

1 entries

ดับ verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Tocharian B

1 entries

käs verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Turkish

2 entries

söndürmek verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
öçürmek verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Turkmen

2 entries

söndürmek verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
öçürmek verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Uyghur

3 entries

ئۆچۈرمەك verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
يوقاتماق verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
يوقالماق verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)

Uzbek

2 entries

oʻchirmoq verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)
yoʻq qilmoq verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)

Vietnamese

1 entries

dập tắt verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Welsh

1 entries

diffodd verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Yiddish

1 entries

אויסלעשן verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Zhuang

1 entries

ndaep verb (to stop (fire, etc.) from burning; to stop (light, etc.) from shining — see also put out, quench)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Don't forget to extinguish your cigarette.

Source: tatoeba (25896)

The fireman could not extinguish the flames.

Source: tatoeba (268160)

The Communists chose to blockade the western part of Berlin. They cut off food and supplies to more than two million Germans in an effort to extinguish the last flame of freedom in Berlin.

Source: tatoeba (3044901)

They worked together to extinguish the fire.

Source: tatoeba (4303427)

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