extinguish

Example Sentences

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“I had this idea: ‘What if humanity could be extinguished and the Earth would survive?’”

From Los Angeles Times

Scott said that the team should outline the LAFD’s efforts to extinguish the Lachman fire, define the “holdover phenomenon” and highlight new policies and procedures to prevent it from happening in the future.

From Los Angeles Times

Residents were advised to keep windows and doors closed during the fire and the excavation process required to extinguish it.

From BBC

So far Simon does indeed seem to have remained in her "bubble", as she needs to be with more medals up for grabs before the Olympic flame at these Games is extinguished.

From Barron's

And she was saying that the flashes of flame that kept engulfing my face from the inside out would soon be extinguished with a real simple solution.

From Literature