Don't forget to extinguish your cigarette.
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Extinguish
/ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
Synonyms for "extinguish" (196 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (58)
Related words (98)
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Verb(18 words)
Noun(4 words)
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20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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9 entriesCollocations
6 entriesInflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 16 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- shthur verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Bulgarian
1 entries- унищожавам verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ئیبادەت verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Danish
2 entries- slukke verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
- udslukke verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Dutch
1 entries- vernietigen verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Finnish
1 entries- tuhota verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
German
1 entries- auslöschen verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Japanese
2 entries- 打っ潰す verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
- 絶やす verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Latin
1 entries- perimō verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Ligurian
1 entries- amortâ verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Māori
1 entries- whakanoa verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Polish
1 entries- stłumić verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Russian
2 entries- разрушить verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
- уничтожить verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Swedish
2 entries- 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)
Uyghur
2 entries- 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
1 entries- yoʻq qilmoq verb (to put an end to (something) completely — see also annihilate, destroy)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
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)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.