extinguish
Example Sentences
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It would extinguish a radical experiment with an ugly shadow stretching from Lebanon to Indonesia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 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
Addressing the LAFD’s failure to fully extinguish the Lachman fire, which later reignited into the Palisades fire, Chief Jaime Moore conceded at a January board meeting that mop-up procedures needed to be strengthened.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Residents were advised to keep windows and doors closed during the fire and the excavation process required to extinguish it.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
That’s when a chorus of bells sounds from out behind the house, and I quickly extinguish the lantern.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
