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extinguished

ADJECTIVE

extinct

Synonyms

WEAK

abolished archaic asleep bygone cold dead and gone deceased defunct departed disappeared done for doused ended exanimate exterminated fallen gone inactive late lifeless lost no longer known outmoded passed on passé snuffed out superseded terminated unknown vanished vanquished void wiped-out

Antonyms

WEAK

alive existing extant living

ADJECTIVE

nonexistent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absent negative tenuous vacant

WEAK

airy baseless blank chimerical dead defunct departed dreamlike dreamy empty ethereal extinct fancied few and far between flimsy gone gossamery groundless hallucinatory hypothetical illusory imaginary imagined immaterial imponderable insubstantial legendary lost missing mythical null null and void passed away passed on perished shadowy ungrounded unreal unsubstantial vague vaporous void without foundation

Antonyms

WEAK

actual existent existing real true

ADJECTIVE

out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

away outside

STRONG

absent antiquated cold dated dead doused ended exhausted expired finished impossible outmoded

WEAK

at an end behind the times démodé not allowed not on old-fashioned old-hat passé ruled out unacceptable unfashionable used-up

Antonyms

STRONG

animated existing incomplete interested modern new saved stored unfinished warm

WEAK

here possible

ADJECTIVE

ruined

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collapsed demolished ravaged smashed wrecked

STRONG

abolished annihilated crashed crushed decayed desolated exterminated extirpated subverted totaled

WEAK

extinct torn down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sober

WEAK

flourishing intact mended preserved prosperous protected repaired restored rich saved solvent successful wealthy

Example Sentences

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The Denver Fire Department said that a brief engine fire was extinguished after the incident.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

Now the department is ending the most-generous repayment plan and has extinguished hopes for sweeping discharges of debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

After a line of flames had been extinguished, the ash devil rose from the embers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

Certainly, Iran emerges from this war gravely wounded, but far from extinguished as a regional power.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2026

But within barely a decade, the Klan had been extinguished, largely by legal and military interventions out of Washington, D.C.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

extinguished

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