Extinction, quelling, annihilation, suppression, snuffing out, termination, eradication, elimination, obliterating, erasure, abolishing, eradicating, extermination, erasing, neutralization, nullification, crushing, subduing, stifling, putting out, dampening, smothering, halting, silencing, depriving of air, quashing, putting an end to, wiping out, smothering, dousing, snuffing, snuffing out, extinguishment. All these words are synonymous to the term "extinguishings" which means putting out a fire or suppressing something. Each of these words has similar meanings but their usage depends on the context in which they are used.