All extinguish synonyms

verb extinguish

• quench — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
• douse — to plunge into water or the like; drench: She doused the clothes in soapy water.
• snuff — to cut off or remove the snuff of (candles, tapers, etc.).
• smother — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
• switch off — the act or process of switching off a power supply, light source, appliance, etc.
• turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• put out — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
• snuff out — the charred or partly consumed portion of a candlewick.
• stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
• suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
• choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
• drown — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
• out — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
• stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
• trample — to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
• blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
• blow out — If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
• end — Come or bring to a final point; finish.
• take away — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
• do away with — from this or that place; off: to go away.
• abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
• annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
• eliminate — Completely remove or get rid of (something).
• eradicate — Destroy completely; put an end to.
• erase — delete
• exterminate — Destroy completely.
• obliterate — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
• quell — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
• abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
• cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
• expunge — Erase or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant).
• obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
• remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
• squash — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
• put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
• put the lid on — to be the final blow to
• eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
• overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
• outshine — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
• show up — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
• surpass — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.