extinguish

Example Sentences

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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

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 blaze lasted multiple days and required the services of 200 firefighters to extinguish.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

This one battle to patent radioactive salt threatened to extinguish all this goodwill, slowing down the propagation of the cyclotron if not halting it altogether.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik