Thesaurus / extinguish
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synonyms for extinguish
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- wipe out
- annihilate
- exterminate
- suppress
- obliterate
- stamp out
- quell
- erase
- eliminate
- abate
- destroy
- eradicate
- end
- expunge
- squash
- remove
- abolish
- crush
- extirpate
- obscure
- check
- put down
- blot out
- put the lid on
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In 2005, in a speech condemning the Republican majority’s threat to extinguish the filibuster against judicial nominees, then-Sen.
THE DEFINITIVE CASE FOR ENDING THE FILIBUSTEREZRA KLEINOCTOBER 1, 2020VOXBefore it’s time for bed, show your campers how to properly extinguish the fire, and have them perform the work themselves.
A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CAMP MEAL THAT EVERYONE CAN HELP WITHWES SILEROCTOBER 1, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEThat last fire wasn’t a big one, causing just $50,000 in damage, and fire crews were able to extinguish it in just 24 minutes.
51 YEARS LATER, THE CUYAHOGA RIVER BURNS AGAINWES SILERAUGUST 28, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEThat’s the way to make sure it’s truly extinguished—with work not from the sky, but on the dirty ground.
HOW AERIAL FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE BLAZES FROM THE SKIESROB VERGERAUGUST 27, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEThe numbers of deaths and years of life extinguished due to excessive drinking have gone up since the last report.
HEAVY DRINKING DROVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS TO EARLY GRAVESAIMEE CUNNINGHAMAUGUST 3, 2020SCIENCE NEWSAnger 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 MESLIERSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO EXTINGUISH
- abate
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- call off
- cancel
- destroy
- disestablish
- dissolve
- end
- eradicate
- erase
- expunge
- extinguish
- extirpate
- finish
- inhibit
- invalidate
- kill
- negate
- nix
- nullify
- obliterate
- overthrow
- overturn
- prohibit
- put an end to
- put kibosh on
- put the kibosh on
- quash
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- revoke
- scrub
- set aside
- squelch
- stamp out
- subvert
- supersede
- suppress
- terminate
- undo
- vacate
- vitiate
- void
- wipe out
- zap
- abated
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- annulled
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- repealed
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- revoked
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- expunging
- extinguishing
- extirpating
- finishing
- inhibiting
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- killing
- negating
- nixing
- nullifying
- obliterating
- overthrowing
- overturning
- prohibiting
- putting an end to
- putting kibosh on
- putting the kibosh on
- quashing
- repealing
- repudiating
- rescinding
- revoking
- scrubbing
- setting aside
- squelching
- stamping out
- subverting
- superseding
- suppressing
- terminating
- undoing
- vacating
- vitiating
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- abated
- abolished
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- annulled
- blot out
- crushed
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- eradicated
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- finished off
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- liquidated
- massacred
- murdered
- negated
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- quashed
- quelled
- razed
- rooted out
- rubbed out
- ruined
- slaughtered
- took out
- undid
- vitiated
- wiped out
- wracked
- wrecked
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