Combusting and Extinguished

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Combusting adjective - Being on fire.

Usage example: combusting oxygen tanks turned the fire on the evacuees' bus into a raging inferno

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Extinguished is an antonym for combusting.

Extinguished adjective - Of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement.

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Combusting is an antonym for extinguished.

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Extinguished and Combusting. (2017). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/combusting/extinguished

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