10 Letter Words for Extinguish
extinguish
8 Letter Words for Extinguish
existing, heisting, nighties, thingies
7 Letter Words for Extinguish
exiting, gunites, hexings, histing, husting, ignites, inexist, insight, nighest, nightie, sexting, shiting, shuting, sighten, sithing, sixtine, suiting, tushing, unities, unsight
6 Letter Words for Extinguish
eights, exitus, genius, gesith, gunite, gushet, gustie, heting, hexing, hieing, hinges, histie, hugest, ignite, ingest, insite, intuse, neighs, nights, nixies, seniti, sexing, shiite, sigint, signet, sithen, siting, sixgun, sixing, snight, snithe, steigh, stinge, sugent, tenuis, thegns, theins, things, thunge, tinges, tinies, tunish, tushie, ughten, ungets, unisex, unites, unties
5 Letter Words for Extinguish
ehing, eight, entsi, eshin, etuis, eughs, exing, exist, exits, exust, geist, geits, genii, genit, gents, genus, ghest, gites, giust, guest, guise, heist, hents, hexis, hinge, hings, hints, hsien, huies, hunts, ignis, inset, insue, intis, intue, inuit, inust, negus, neigh, neist, nexts, nexus, nighs, night, nisei, nixes, nixie, segni, sengi, senit, senti, seugh, sheng, shent, shine, shune, shunt, shute, sient, sieth, sight, singe, singh, sithe, sixte, sixth, snite, stegh, stein, steng, stine, sting, stung, suent, suine, suing, suint, suite, tegus, tengu, teugh, thegn, thein, thens, thigs, thine, thing, thins, thisn, thugs, thung, tiens, tiges, tines, tinge, tingi, tings, tsine, tunes, tungs, tunis, tuxes, uneth, unget, unhex, unhit, unist, unite, units, unset, unsex, untie, usent, usine, using
4 Letter Words for Extinguish
eigh, engs, eths, etui, eugh, exit, extg, gein, geit, gens, gent, genu, gest, gets, gien, gies, gins, gise, gish, gist, gite, gith, gits, gneu, gnus, gues, guns, gush, gust, guts, heii, heng, hens, hent, hest, hets, hexs, hies, higi, hine, hing, hins, hint, hisn, hist, hits, hues, huge, hugs, huis, hung, huns, hunt, huse, hust, huts, init, inst, inti, isnt, isth, negs, nesh, nest, neth, neti, nets, neut, next, nies, nigh, nisi, nist, nits, nixe, nuts, seit, sent, seth, sext, shet, shin, shit, shtg, shug, shun, shut, sien, sigh, sign, sine, sing, sinh, site, sith, siti, situ, snig, snit, snug, steg, sten, stge, stie, stue, stug, stun, suet, sugh, sugi, suit, sune, sung, suni, sunt, tegs, tegu, teng, tens, then, thig, thin, this, thug, thus, tien, ties, tige, tigs, tine, ting, tins, tshi, tsun, tues, tugs, tuis, tune, tung, tuns, tush, ughs, ungt, unie, unis, unit, unix, utes, utis, xint
3 Letter Words for Extinguish
ehs, eng, ens, est, esu, eth, ext, gen, get, gie, gin, gis, git, gns, gnu, gte, gue, gui, gun, gus, gut, hei, hen, hes, het, hex, hgt, hie, hin, his, hit, hts, hue, hug, hui, hun, hut, ign, ihi, ihs, ing, ins, int, ise, ish, isn, ist, its, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nis, nit, nix, nth, nus, nut, seg, sei, sen, set, sex, she, shi, sht, sie, sig, sin, sit, six, stg, sue, sui, sun, teg, ten, tes, tex, tgn, the, tie, tig, tin, tis, tiu, tng, tsh, tsi, tue, tug, tui, tun, tux, ugh, ugs, ugt, uhs, uit, ung, unh, uni, uns, use, ush, ust, ute, uti, uts, xii, xis
Definitions for Extinguish
[1] to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.
[2] to put an end to or bring to an end; wipe out of existence; annihilate: to extinguish hope.
[3] to obscure or eclipse, as by superior brilliance.
[4] Law . to discharge (a debt), as by payment.
[5] to put out or quench (a light, flames, etc)
[6] to remove or destroy entirely; annihilate
[7] archaic to eclipse or obscure by or as if by superior brilliance
[8] law to discharge (a debt)
Words related to Extinguish
quench, smother, suffocate, douse, annihilate, exterminate, suppress, obliterate, quell, erase, eliminate, abate, destroy, eradicate, trample, drown, stifle, choke, out, end
Words nearby Extinguish
extima, extinct, extinction, extinctive, extine, extinguish, extinguishant, extinguisher, extirpate, extirpation, extn.
Origin of Extinguish
1535–45; < Latin ex(s)tingu(ere ) (ex- ex-1 + stinguere to quench) + -ish2
Other words from Extinguish
ex·tin·guish·a·ble , adjective
ex·tin·guish·ment , noun
non·ex·tin·guish·a·ble , adjective
non·ex·tin·guished , adjective
pre·ex·tin·guish , verb (used with object)
pre·ex·tin·guish·ment , noun
self-ex·tin·guish·ing , adjective
un·ex·tin·guish·a·ble , adjective
un·ex·tin·guished , adjective
Word origin for Extinguish
C16: from Latin exstinguere, from stinguere to quench
Synonyms for Extinguish
douse, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out, suffocate, choke, drown, out, stifle, trample, blot out, blow out
