extinguish
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Firefighters had to cut open the metal drop box to extinguish the fire, and numerous ballots inside were damaged, some charred beyond recognition.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Fire crews attempted to extinguish the flames erupting from the upper-floor classrooms.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Firefighters were trying to extinguish the blazes in the still-smoldering rubble, while rescue workers laboured to pull victims from the debris and bulldozers tried to clear a path.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
It would extinguish a radical experiment with an ugly shadow stretching from Lebanon to Indonesia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
He went outside to extinguish the lamps beside the Waystone’s sign, only to find that he’d forgotten to light them earlier that evening.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing extinguish
A Wrinkle in Time
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The Great Fire
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