extinguish
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
put an end to; kill
The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
extinguish by crushing
stub out your cigar
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
terminate, end, or take out
Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
kill in large numbers
the plague wiped out an entire population
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | extinguishing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snuffer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snuffer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | eliminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stamp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | put out |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | ignite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extinguishing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fire extinguisher |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stub |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | douse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | black out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | terminate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | liquidation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | riddance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | eliminator |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | destroy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cancel out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | decouple |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | decouple |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | obliterate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | drown |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | prune |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | extinguish |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | omit |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | decimation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | extermination |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wipeout |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilator |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | withering |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | decimate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |