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Extinguished

To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench

📖 Definitions of "Extinguished"

verb

1
To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench
2
To destroy or abolish something
"She extinguished all my hopes."
3
To obscure or eclipse something
"The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds."
4
To bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex
"Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment."

adjective

1
Having been quenched or eliminated.
"The cowboys buried their trash next to the extinguished fire."

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
deadnoun	(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
destroyed	Damaged beyond repair; ruined; wrecked; obliterated.
outnoun	Away from the inside or centre.
extinctverb	(figurative) (biology) Of an animal or plant species or group of species, a group of people, a family, etc., having no living members, representatives, or descendants.
quenched	allayed

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
extinctverb	Synonym of extinguish.
destroyed	Damaged beyond repair; ruined; wrecked; obliterated.
deadverb	(transitive) To prevent by disabling; to stop.
outverb	(transitive) To eject; to expel.
quenched	allayed
annihilated	Having been utterly destroyed.
downed	That has been brought down, usually by force.
shattered	Physically broken into pieces.
shutverb	(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
faded	That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.
devastatedverb	Extremely upset and shocked.
terminated	Having been the subject of termination; ended or destroyed.
disappearednoun	A desaparecido.
lapsed	Discontinued; having ceased or gone out of use.
gone	Away, having left.
canceled	US standard spelling of cancelled. [No longer planned or scheduled.]
cancelled	No longer planned or scheduled.
offverb	(transitive, slang) To kill.
disposed	inclined, minded
blown	Distended, swollen, or inflated.