fire extinguisher
noun
a portable container, usually filled with special chemicals for putting out a fire.
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fire-extinguishernouna 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
fire extinguisher
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fire extinguishers
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fire-extinguisher
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Origin of fire extinguisher
First recorded in 1830–40
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Too late, a UN security guard rushes in with a fire extinguisher.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Another sprayed a fire extinguisher, sending up a white cloud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
He said he came back with a fire extinguisher and tried to fight the fire.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Small, professionally manufactured barbecues are allowed, as long as they are elevated at least a foot off the ground, placed at least 25 feet from buildings, and accompanied by a nearby fire extinguisher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
Some in the crowd tossed copies of Ladybird’s book into the fire while a librarian pleaded with them not to do that and grabbed a fire extinguisher.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Before she started training to be a matador, she had worked in a beauty parlor and then as a typist at a fire-extinguisher factory, and both jobs drove her crazy.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2014
One of them, Fred Sullivan, has lifted his Walter Kidde Co. from a burglar-alarm and fire-extinguisher manufacturer with $40 million in sales five years ago to a $350 million conglomerate.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I expect it'll turn out to be a fire-extinguisher, or something like that," pursued the truculent Ashley.
From The Lighter Side of School Life by Ian Hay
I might raffle 'em off, only nobody'd be likely to buy chances on a fire-extinguisher.
From Kilo : being the love story of Eliph' Hewlitt, book agent by Ellis Parker Butler
Well, her father went into the fire-extinguisher thing with Dad," Alix elucidated, "and evidently she and Justin have had deep, soulful thoughts about it.
From Sisters by Kathleen Thompson Norris
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