extinguish
Example Sentences
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It would extinguish a radical experiment with an ugly shadow stretching from Lebanon to Indonesia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Projections last year from the New York Fed showed the Fed could have operating profits this year, and that it could extinguish the deferred asset by the end of the decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
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 • Mar. 18, 2026
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 • Mar. 11, 2026
It took the fire department an hour to extinguish the flames.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
