Antonyms for extinguish

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ik-sting-gwish

Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstɪŋ gwɪʃ

Definition of extinguish

Origin : c.1500 (implied in extinguishable), from Latin extinguere/exstinguere "quench, wipe out, obliterate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + stinguere "quench," from PIE *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce." Related: Extinguished; extinguishing.

verb put out a fire
verb kill; quash

Example sentences :

I sprang to my feet and took immediate measures to extinguish the flames.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

It would be well to extinguish the fire, and have a watch—listen!
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

The villagers were summoned to extinguish fires by ringing of bells.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

Jealousy evermore blows the flame it seems formed to extinguish.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

But should a “holy alliance of legitimates” extinguish it, it will be but for a season.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

This enlightenment importuned him; he tried to extinguish it and could not.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon

When he drops his eyelids, it is just as though he were doing it to extinguish the fire in his eyes.'
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

I did not know then that Mildred was reluctant to extinguish the last spark of hope in me.
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

Scatter the fires at once and extinguish the blazing brands.
Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

As he expressed it, "in trying to extinguish the lamp they have only trimmed the wick."
Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for extinguish

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