Hyphenation of extinguishing

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word extinguishing? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

ex-tin-guish-ing

Definitions of extinguishing:

1.	The act of extinguishing Causing to stop burning The extinction of the lights

Synonyms of extinguishing:

noun	extinction, quenching, termination, ending, conclusion

Last hyphenations of this language

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