Synonyms for extinguish
verb
To put out
smother, choke, quench, douse, snuff out, blow out, stamp out, blot out, drown out, stifle, turn off, switch off, suffocate, put down, stub out.
To destroy
wipe out, annihilate, exterminate; see destroy 1.
See extinguish in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To cause to stop burning or giving light:
douse, put out, quench, snuff out. See continueTo destroy all traces of:
abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extirpate, kill1, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root1 (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help, makeTo bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:
choke off, crush, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. Idiom: put the lid on. See continue, win- (Law)
To put an end to, especially formally and with authority:
abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void. See continue
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