extinguishing

verb

Definition of extinguishingnext
present participle of extinguish
1
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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2
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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3
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extinguishing
  1. choking
  2. destroying
  3. demolishing
  4. blanketing
  5. muting
  6. wrecking
  7. settling
Verb
  • Cut smaller kids' meals into little bites to prevent choking.
    Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The maneuver has a success rate of more than 86% in choking cases, research has shown.
    Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of choking
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  • The most pressing problem concerns European Union rules on carbon dioxide emissions, with bottom-line-destroying fines for the bigger failures.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Records say Hollis sought help after Richard, having abused drugs and not slept for four days, went into a rage, tearing the house apart and destroying furniture.
    Carol Marbin, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of destroying
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  • Which program will pay the most for the valuable service of demolishing them?
    Sam Blum, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • His endless highlight reel will be one of the lasting stories of the 2024 college football season — a sledgehammer in shoulder pads, demolishing defenders in his path.
    Justin Williams, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of demolishing
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  • Spectacular satellite imagery has captured the ongoing lake-effect snowstorm blanketing the Great Lakes region.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Earlier this month, Wisconsin's Lake Superior shoreline was hit with a lake-effect snow event, blanketing the area with a few feet of snow, and whipping up the ice balls.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of blanketing
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  • However, the survey also found technology brings some communication challenges, with more than a third of participants in Arizona citing miscommunication as a major cause of family disagreements, and about half admitted to blocking or muting a family member at some point.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • At the same time, a jump in jobless claims data signaled a potentially weaker economy, muting some of the gain in yields.
    Sean Conlon,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of muting
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  • This prequel flashes back to a previous Christmas in Los Angeles, when their unintentional destruction of a Santa Claus parade balloon put the city on edge, wrecking the gang's plans for a massive Yuletide bank robbery.
    EW.com, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The vocalist’s sole concerns related to the natural environment, the animal kingdom and humankind’s responsibility for wrecking our only home.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of wrecking
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  • The Vikings, settling in the late eighth century, found the islands covered in prehistoric sites.
    Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The evacuation comes on the heels of Affleck settling his divorce from Jennifer Lopez on Monday.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of settling
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