extinguish
Example Sentences
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Shell said Thursday that the facility was damaged during the attack and that a fire had been extinguished.
It will travel to a US Navy base on the island for pierside repairs, authorities said, after a blaze broke out in the laundry facility last week and took hours to extinguish.
From BBC
The oil wells set ablaze in Kuwait in the 1990s during the first Gulf War took months to extinguish and released an estimated 130 to 400 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
From Barron's
Firefighters extinguished the fire after about 45 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times
The captain suggested possibly bringing hand tools or a backpack filled with water up the hill to extinguish any hot spots.
From Los Angeles Times
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