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extinguisher

[ik-sting-gwi-sher]

noun

  1. a person or thing that extinguishes.

  2. fire extinguisher.

  3. an instrument consisting of a cone-shaped cup attached to a handle or the end of a pole, for extinguishing a candle by momentarily closing off the burning wick from the air.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of extinguisher1

First recorded in 1550–60; extinguish + -er 1
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The group said the activists who entered RAF Brize Norton used repurposed fire extinguishers to spray red paint into the planes' engines.

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CIF officials stripped the state title from a high school sprinter for her ‘unsportsmanlike’ celebration with a fire extinguisher.

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Capitol Police officers were attacked by rioters with weapons including metal batons, wooden planks, flagpoles, fire extinguishers and pepper spray.

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She was stripped of that title after she used a fire extinguisher to spray her cleats while on the field inside the track moments after the race.

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Braun made headlines in 2023 when he put out the candles on a Jewish menorah in the Polish parliament with a fire extinguisher following a ceremony for the festival of Hanukkah.

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