- present participle of extinguish.
extinguishing
Example Sentences
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"Firefighters are working on extinguishing the fire and assessing patients," it said on X.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Firefighters were also seen extinguishing a fire in the tower.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 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
The villagers nearer to the remains of the house held buckets, and a few were patrolling near the ash, looking for embers that still needed extinguishing.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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