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fire extinguisher
noun
a portable container, usually filled with special chemicals for putting out a fire.
fire-extinguisher
noun
a portable device for extinguishing fires, usually consisting of a canister with a directional nozzle used to direct a spray of water, chemically generated foam, inert gas, or fine powder onto the fire
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of fire 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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