Extinguish
Extinguish verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: a fatal blunder that extinguished all hope that the team would actually win the play-offs
Fix is an antonym for extinguish.
Nearby Words: extinguishing, extinguisher
Fix
Common collocations
Cite this Source
Fix and Extinguish. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extinguish/fix
Extinguish & Fix. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/extinguish/fix>.
Fix or Extinguish. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/extinguish/fix.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "extinguish" and "fix" have occurred on timeline