Thesaurus / extinguish
FEEDBACKHow to use extinguish in a sentence
Anger and humiliation extinguish my momentary impulse to rush to her assistance.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANHe discovers that no amount of austerities will extinguish desire, or produce ecstatic contemplation.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORDBut Government with 15,000 Regulars in town, and every Gentleman (but one) on their side, must extinguish the flame.
PRIVATE LETTERS OF EDWARD GIBBON (1753-1794) VOLUME 1 (OF 2)EDWARD GIBBONThese poor wretches fought for the last flicker of the lamp, which the bears wanted to extinguish altogether.
BLACK DIAMONDSMR JKAIVigilant priests were always ready to extinguish systems which could not be made to tally with their interests.
SUPERSTITION IN ALL AGES (1732)JEAN MESLIERThe act was involuntary, for at once dropping his arm he ordered his men to extinguish the fire and to see I did not escape.
A VIRGINIA SCOUTHUGH PENDEXTERHe jumped into bed and lay down, having first plunged the lantern bodily into his jug to extinguish it.
THE GOLD BATP. G. WODEHOUSEIf he were not dead, he was already so near death that the slightest cold wind would have sufficed to extinguish life.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGOThe soldiers used their utmost exertions to extinguish the flames, working under the direction of their officers.
THE BOYS OF '61CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN.Italy too had its Protestants; but Italy killed them; managed to extinguish Protestantism.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. III. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLEWORDS RELATED TO EXTINGUISH
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold one's tongue
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- pipe down
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- soft-pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- annihilate
- break up
- capture
- consume
- cream
- crush
- damage
- demolish
- desecrate
- desolate
- despoil
- devastate
- dismantle
- disorganize
- disrupt
- exterminate
- extinguish
- forage
- foray
- gut
- harry
- impair
- lay waste
- leave in ruins
- loot
- overrun
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- pillage
- pirate
- plunder
- prey
- prostrate
- pull down
- raid
- rape
- raze
- rob
- ruin
- sack
- seize
- shatter
- sink
- smash
- spoil
- spoliate
- stamp out
- strip
- sweep away
- total
- trample
- trash
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- wreak havoc
- wreck
- wrest
- batter
- blow down
- bomb
- break down
- bulldoze
- capsize
- cast down
- crash
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- delete
- demolish
- destroy
- dynamite
- efface
- erase
- expunge
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- fell
- level
- mow down
- obliterate
- overthrow
- overturn
- pull down
- reduce
- remove
- rub out
- ruin
- scatter
- scratch out
- smash
- spill
- strike out
- subvert
- tear down
- tear up
- throw down
- topple
- total
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- undo
- unmake
- upset
- wipe out
- wrack
- wreck
- zap
- abolish
- clear
- deliver
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- disburden
- disembarrass
- disencumber
- dump
- eject
- eliminate
- eradicate
- expel
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fire
- give the brush
- heave-ho
- junk
- kiss goodbye
- liberate
- make free
- purge
- release
- relieve
- remove
- roust
- scrap
- send packing
- shake off
- shed
- throw away
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- dumping
- ejecting
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- exterminating
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- extirpating
- firing
- giving the brush
- heave-hoing
- junking
- kissing goodbye
- liberating
- making free
- purging
- releasing
- relieving
- removing
- rousting
- scrapping
- sending packing
- shaking off
- shedding
- throwing away
- throwing out
- tossing out
- unburdening
- unloading
- uprooting
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold one's tongue
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- pipe down
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- say nothing
- shut up
- sit on
- soft pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold one's tongue
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- pipe down
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- soft pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
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