- 1extinguish something to make a fire stop burning or a light stop shining synonym put out Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames. (formal) All lights had been extinguished.
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- 2extinguish something to destroy something News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace.
extinguish
verbNAmE//ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they extinguish he / she / it extinguishes
past simple extinguished
-ing form extinguishing
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