Example Sentences

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Placing the lid over the fire will extinguish it if necessary.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024

Removing an oxygen source will extinguish the flame, but this is difficult to do outside of an engine.

From Science Daily • Sep. 28, 2023

Look for an ABC-rated unit that will extinguish all fire types.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2023

Still, Heggie said it would be unwise to think the change will extinguish the state’s risk of large fires entirely.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2021

And if we let in the thought of God, it will extinguish any flame.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander