extinguish
Example Sentences
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“Municipal water systems are not built to extinguish large scale wildfires which are usually fought by air.”
From Los Angeles Times
He wants his family and community, as they grapple with the beach massacre, to know that “when events like this happen, it doesn’t dim or extinguish our lights.”
From Los Angeles Times
The Kansas City Chiefs’ dim playoff hopes were on the verge of being completely extinguished when something even more devastating happened:
A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Fire Service said the blaze had been extinguished on Saturday evening and an investigation would take place to establish the cause.
From BBC
Any hope of a miracle comeback was extinguished mere minutes after halftime, as Connecticut once again mounted a run.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
