Hyphenation of “extinguish”
The standard US-English hyphenation shown for extinguish is ex-tin-guish, with 2 possible break points in this result.
What does “extinguish” mean?
extinguish: cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
Words connected with “extinguish”
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Antonyms
How “extinguish” is split
For US English, the hyphenation result is ex-tin-guish. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.
Questions about “extinguish”
How do you hyphenate “extinguish”?
In the US-English result used here, extinguish is hyphenated as ex-tin-guish.
Where can “extinguish” break at the end of a line?
The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.
What does “extinguish” mean?
cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
Can you use “extinguish” in a sentence?
“firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze”