EXTINGUISHES Synonyms: 191 Similar and Opposite Words

extinguishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of extinguish

as in blankets

to cause to cease burning the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on

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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

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as in shushes

to stop the noise or speech of her final, telling point extinguished her opponents on the city council

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Recent Examples of extinguishes Desmond successfully uncorks a stone plug at the island's core and extinguishes the light. —

Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026 After the fish has dropped, a bucket of water from Enid Lake extinguishes the fire. —

Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025 Other projectile powers satisfy in and out of combat, like the ice shot that extinguishes fires and freezes foes in their tracks. —

PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025 The 27-year-old's extension extinguishes any remaining embers surrounding the possibility of the Mavericks trading him this offseason. —

Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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There is snow on the mountains, dense fog that blankets crops in the fall, giving life to wine-country grapes, fires in the dry season and the occasional earthquake.

— Zinzi Clemmons, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
And because the magnetosphere blankets the entire globe, StormWall would serve as a collective shield for the entire planet, the researchers say.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 June 2026