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
Tear down and extinguish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tear down" instead a verb "Extinguish".
Nearby Words: extinguishing, extinguisher
Tear down
Tear down verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: vandals tore down the wooden fence blocking the entrance to the beach
Extinguish and tear down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extinguish" instead a verb "Tear down".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- crush and extinguish
- crush and tear down
- liquidate and extinguish
- liquidate and tear down
- annihilate and extinguish
- annihilate and tear down
- smash and extinguish
- smash and tear down
- shatter and extinguish
- shatter and tear down
- demolish and extinguish
- demolish and tear down
- ruin and extinguish
- ruin and tear down
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