Die
Die verb - To stop living.
Extinguish and die are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extinguish" instead a verb "Die".
Nearby Word: died
Extinguish
Extinguish verb - To cause to cease burning.
Die and extinguish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Die" instead a verb "Extinguish".
Nearby Words: extinguishing, extinguisher
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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You'd think it would be more efficient to extinguish the stars first, instead of bothering with killing off all that pesky life, which would die anyway without the stars.
Source: The Stars Are Going Out -
Mûmakil also rampage when set alight, though there's no way to extinguish the fire and they'll eventually die.
Source: Infernal Retaliation -
And while Joe did leave his partner to die, he merely ran off after setting the fire... Matthew also attempts to kill Jarrod after setting it, even staying behind a bit to try and finish him off when Jarrod does his best to put extinguish it.
Source: Film / House of Wax (1953)
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