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extinguisher
[ik-sting-gwi-sher]
noun
a person or thing that extinguishes.
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.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of extinguisher1
Example Sentences
The group said the activists who entered RAF Brize Norton used repurposed fire extinguishers to spray red paint into the planes' engines.
CIF officials stripped the state title from a high school sprinter for her ‘unsportsmanlike’ celebration with a fire extinguisher.
Capitol Police officers were attacked by rioters with weapons including metal batons, wooden planks, flagpoles, fire extinguishers and pepper spray.
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.
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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