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Definition of extinguishes

"extinguishes" in the verb sense

1. snuff out, extinguish

put an end to kill

"The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

2. snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench

put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

"Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"

"quench the flames"

"snuff out the candles"

3. stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out

extinguish by crushing

"stub out your cigar"

4. extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with

terminate, end, or take out

"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

"Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"

"eliminate my debts"

5. eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off

kill in large numbers

"the plague wiped out an entire population"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for extinguishes

A small demerit extinguishes a long service. [ Proverb ]

It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. [ Washington Irving ]

Possession is the touchstone of love: true love finds new ardor, frivolous love extinguishes itself in it. [ Panage ]

Absence lessens weak, and intensifies violent, passions, as wind extinguishes a taper and lights up a fire. [ La Roche ]

Absence diminishes weak passions and augments great ones; as the wind extinguishes tapers,but increases a conflagration. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

There is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song. There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. [ Washington Irving ]

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extinguishes in Scrabble®

The word extinguishes is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 23

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EXTINGUISHES

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (25 words)

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extinguishes in Words With Friends™

The word extinguishes is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 25

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Words within the letters of extinguishes

2 letter words in extinguishes (13 words)

eh en ex he hi in is it nu uh un us xi

3 letter words in extinguishes (44 words)

ens ess gee get gin gnu gun gut hen hes het hex his hit hue hug hut ins its net nit nix nus nut see set sex she sin sit six sue sun tee ten the tie tin tug tux ugh uhs use xis

4 letter words in extinguishes (71 words)

5 letter words in extinguishes (82 words)

6 letter words in extinguishes (60 words)

7 letter words in extinguishes (25 words)

ensuite enthuse exigent exiting genesis genuses hessite hissing husting ignites ingests insight issuing nightie seitens sestine sexiest shutins signees signets sixguns sixteen sixties suiting unities

8 letter words in extinguishes (17 words)

eighties enthuses eugenist existing geniuses gushiest hugeness hustings insights nighties seething sheeting shiniest sightsee sixteens suitings tissuing

9 letter words in extinguishes (2 words)

eugenists sightseen

10 letter words in extinguishes (1 word)

extinguish

12 letter words in extinguishes (1 word)

extinguishes

extinguishes + 1 blank (1 word)

extinguishers

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Words containing the sequence extinguishes

Words that start with extinguishes (1 word)

extinguishes

Words with extinguishes in them (1 word)

extinguishes

Words that end with extinguishes (1 word)

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Word Growth involving extinguishes

Shorter words in extinguishes

ex extinguish

is extinguish

in tin ting extinguish

he hes

he she

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