extinguish
Put out flames
To extinguish is to put out a fire or light: Extinguish all campfires before leaving.
The word extends to ending or eliminating anything: extinguish a debt, extinguish hope, extinguish a species.
To extinguish a right is to terminate it legally.
The formal tone makes extinguish more common in official contexts than everyday speech—you put out a cigarette but extinguish a blaze.
Wet completely, often flames
- smotherDeprive of air
- snuffPowdered tobacco for sniffing
- put outExtinguish or annoy
- firefighterEmergency blaze responder
hose · hydrant · blaze · flame · smoke · ember · sprinkler · water
Forcibly end unrest
- stifleSuppress or restrain
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- subdueBring under control
- crushCompress with force
squelch · dampen · silence · smother · snuff out · stamp out · quash · throttle
Bring to an end
- eliminateRemove completely
- abolishOfficially end a practice
- annihilateDestroy completely, leaving nothing
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
destroy · obliterate · wipe out · end · cease · halt · kill · exterminate
douse
Wet completely, often flames
firefighter · hose · hydrant · blaze · flame · smoke · ember · sprinkler · water · burn
quell
Forcibly end unrest
crush · squelch · dampen · silence · smother · snuff out · stamp out · quash · throttle · choke
terminate
Bring to an end
- eliminateRemove completely
- abolishOfficially end a practice
- annihilateDestroy completely, leaving nothing
eradicate · destroy · obliterate · wipe out · end · cease · halt · kill · exterminate · snuff out
efface
Eliminate from view
obliterate · wipe · eradicate · blot out · cancel · void · nullify · annul · extirpate · purge
dash
Quick burst or pinch
shatter · quash · snuff out · douse · dim · dampen · deflate · dispel · spirit · dream
- campfire safetywater bucket, fire ring, douse, smother, ember
- Destroydestroy, annihilate, obliterate, demolish, devastate
- fire idiomsplay with fire, fight fire with fire, fan the flames, add fuel to fire, on fire
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- oblivionoblivion, nothingness, nonexistence, annihilation, obliteration
- blot outerase, delete, wipe out, cross out, scratch out
extinguishignite
Start burning something
light · kindle · start a fire · spark · inflame
- fire extinguisherPortable flame suppression device
- fire extinguisher useApplying chemical agent to flames
- extinguished candleFlame put out
- fire extinguisher checkVerification of suppression equipment
extinguished, extinguisher, extinguishing, extinguishes, extinguishers, extinguishment, unextinguished, extinguishable, inextinguishable