extinguish
Example Sentences
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Projections last year from the New York Fed showed the Fed could have operating profits this year, and that it could extinguish the deferred asset by the end of the decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
It would extinguish a radical experiment with an ugly shadow stretching from Lebanon to Indonesia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
The captain, he said, suggested possibly bringing hand tools or a backpack filled with water up the hill to extinguish any hot spots.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
Residents were advised to keep windows and doors closed during the fire and the excavation process required to extinguish it.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
He went outside to extinguish the lamps beside the Waystone’s sign, only to find that he’d forgotten to light them earlier that evening.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.