Added 3 October 2026 extinguished verb Categories: Describing WordsUncommon Words verb ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about extinguished at Wordnik → Where our words come from → simple past and past participle of extinguish The cowboys extinguished the fire. adjective Having been quenched or eliminated. The cowboys buried their trash next to the extinguished fire. Related Words: extinctdestroyeddeadoutquenchedannihilateddownedshatteredshutfadeddevastatedterminated Back to today's word