Extinguish and Mangle

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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

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Mangle and extinguish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mangle" instead a verb "Extinguish".

Mangle verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.

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Extinguish and mangle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extinguish" instead a verb "Mangle".

Nearby Words: mangled, mangling

line	extinguish line	mangle line
times	extinguish times	mangle times

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Mangle and Extinguish. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extinguish/mangle

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