extinguish

Here, volunteer firefighters have been risking their lives and lungs to extinguish burning peatlands which are notoriously difficult to put out.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

That makes them extremely difficult to extinguish and exceptionally polluting.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

"With the limitations we have, we try as hard as we can to extinguish the fires and also to reduce the smoke."

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

One firefighter was hospitalised and five others suffered minor injuries, the fire service confirmed, with crews continuing to extinguish "hotspots" in open grassland, along a railway and in gardens.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

If the rats can truly extinguish our light, they extinguish our life as well,” said Vikus.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

Navy in the 1960s, the foams form an aqueous film around burning gasoline and other flammable liquids, which quickly deprives the fire of oxygen and extinguishes it.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024

“The Sackler release extinguishes the claims of all opioid claimants except the United States, and therefore applies to an untold number of claimants who did not specifically consent to the release’s terms,” Ms. Prelogar wrote.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

Cheap, whose driving desire to prove himself completely extinguishes his common sense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

It’s gasp-inducing, but Blount says it extinguishes itself quickly and barely leaves a mark on the cloth.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023

He extinguishes the last of the lights before ascending several flights to check on Chandresh.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Since the fire was extinguished, Lineage has been tasked with removing roughly 88 million pounds of spoiled and decomposing food, along with fire and demolition debris.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Reynolds said it could be "weeks or more" before the wildfire was finally extinguished.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Henderson said that "contained did not mean the same as extinguished" and that the response had been strategically planned around controlling its spread.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Firefighters were still battling the blaze in the Moscow region's Elektrostal, while the fire in Tambov had been extinguished, regional authorities said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Even when the circus moves it is not extinguished, moved intact from location to location.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

"Firefighters are working on extinguishing the fire and assessing patients," it said on X.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Favourable conditions including low wind and rainfall on Saturday meant emergency responders were able to make "marked improvements" in extinguishing large sections of the six square kilometre area affected.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Trump administration officials affirmed Cole Allen shot a Secret Service officer, extinguishing doubt about the source of the gunfire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

The company that flips the houses it buys online reported a widening loss of $1.1 billion, from a $113 million loss in the year-ago period, mostly on the cost of extinguishing debt.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

So Magdalys mostly had to be content with watching the great beasts cavort along outside her window: The lamplighter’s iguanodons would pass first thing in the morning, extinguishing the lanterns as the day broke.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older