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extinguish
verb as in put out a fire
Example Sentences
Park grilled Moore on reporting by The Times that firefighters warned a battalion chief about the Lachman fire not being fully extinguished.
Selling the house and extinguishing all outstanding debts and using the remainder to pay cash for a smaller house is a great idea, especially if you are lacking sufficient investments to see you through retirement.
Power infrastructure and failure to extinguish an arson-caused fire have been the suspected culprits behind recent devastating blazes.
By midnight, the fire had been extinguished, with ventilation fans used to clear smoke.
The fuses had been lit and could not be extinguished.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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