Hyphenation of extinguish

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word extinguish? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ex-tin-guish

Definitions of extinguish:

1.
Put an end to
Kill The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
2.
Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
Too big to be extinguished at once
3.
The forest fires at best could be contained
Quench the flames Snuff out the candles
4.
Extinguish by crushing
Stub out your cigar
5.
Terminate, end, or take out
Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics Socialism extinguished these archaic customs Eliminate my debts
6.
Kill in large numbers
The plague wiped out an entire population

Synonyms of extinguish:

verbsnuff out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
verbsnuff out, blow out, quench
verbstub out, crush out, press out, end, terminate
verb eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off, kill

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