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extinguishable

extinguishable

6.7
Able to be put out, like a small fire with water
  • adjective
  • /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəbl/
translation icon : apagable
  • The fire in the wastebasket was easily extinguishable with just a cup of water.

Examples

  • These flames are extinguishable if we act quickly.

  • The chemical foam made the flames quickly extinguishable by the firefighters.

  • Some types of hope are fragile and extinguishable in difficult times.

  • The fire is extinguishable!

  • The fire in the wastebasket was easily extinguishable with just a cup of water.

  • These flames are extinguishable if we act quickly.

  • The chemical foam made the flames quickly extinguishable by the firefighters.

Synonyms

extirpable
vsextinguishable
  • Formal
9.9

Able to be completely removed

can be ended or put out without implying total removal
eradicable
vsextinguishable
7.1

A thing people can completely remove, for example a disease or weed

is about being able to be ended rather than fully removed
exterminable
vsextinguishable
  • NSFW
8.9

Able to be completely destroyed or removed

is able to be brought to an end rather than only killed
obliterable
vsextinguishable
9.9

Can disappear completely with no trace remaining

means able to be ended but may leave traces rather than vanish fully
effaceable
vsextinguishable
9.3

Able to be removed or erased

is about ending or destroying more broadly not only erasing marks
abolishable
vsextinguishable
6.7

Able to be removed or ended

covers being put out or destroyed physically not only formally ended

Antonyms

inextinguishable
1 8.9

Impossible to stop or put out

Surface Forms

extinguishable positive

Morphology

extinguishable = extinguish (transparent) = extinguish + able

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-able' to the verb 'extinguish', yielding 'able to be put out', which is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word extinguishable comes from the verb extinguish, which is made of Latin parts ex- 'out' and stinguere 'to put out or quench', plus the ending -able meaning 'can be'. So something extinguishable is literally 'able to be put out', which explains why we use it for fires, hopes, or anything that can be ended.