EXTINGUISHING Synonyms: 192 Similar and Opposite Words

extinguishing

verb

Definition of extinguishing next

present participle of extinguish

as in choking

to cause to cease burning the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on

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as in destroying

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a fatal blunder that extinguished all hope that the team would actually win the play-offs

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as in shushing

to stop the noise or speech of her final, telling point extinguished her opponents on the city council

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Armed with that information, off-roading is a lot less likely to be marred by choking, toxic smoke that comes along with dangerous levels of combustion if users know which areas to avoid.

Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
The trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the May 2023 choking death of a homeless man in a New York City subway car, is set to begin Monday with jury selection.

Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2024

Definition of choking

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