On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Extinguish. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as eliminate or eradicate and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Extinguish in a sentence
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Extinguish meaning
- To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
- To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
- To kill (someone).
Synonyms of Extinguish
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Using Extinguish
- The main meaning on this page is: To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench. | To eclipse or obscure (someone or something). | To kill (someone).
- Useful related words include: snuff out, eliminate, eradicate, annihilate.
- Possible Dutch translations are: vernietigen.
- In the example corpus, extinguish often appears in combinations such as: to extinguish, extinguish the, extinguish fire.
Context around Extinguish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Extinguish
- In this selection, "extinguish" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, successfully stand out and add context to how "extinguish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to extinguish the fire and able to extinguish the grass. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "extinguish" sits close to words such as ailing, bale and beatrice, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with extinguish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Firefighters used four breathing apparatus to extinguish the blaze. (9 words)
Firefighters were also able to extinguish the grass fire quickly. (10 words)
Crews used two breathing apparatus and one hose reel to extinguish the fire. (13 words)
And that’s the catch-22, the trap: we don’t want to over-attend to behaviors we want to extinguish because doing so could accidentally reinforce the very behaviors we’re trying to get rid of. (37 words)
Andriy Raykovych, head of the Kirovohrad regional administration, said an infrastructure facility in the region was struck and emergency services were deployed to extinguish a fire, but there were no casualties. (31 words)
Firefighters used two hose reel jets, two breathing apparatus, small tools, a reciprocating saw, and a positive pressure ventilation fan to extinguish the fire which took 45 minutes. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
Crews used the water from a nearby lake to extinguish the fire, with about 20 firefighters working to extinguish the fire.
After almost five hours of working to extinguish the flames, it was confirmed in an update at 11.30pm the fire was finally extinguished.
A large amount of water was needed to extinguish the fire, and responders called in additional support from Mountain View Fire Rescue and the City of Longmont.
Andriy Raykovych, head of the Kirovohrad regional administration, said an infrastructure facility in the region was struck and emergency services were deployed to extinguish a fire, but there were no casualties.
And that’s the catch-22, the trap: we don’t want to over-attend to behaviors we want to extinguish because doing so could accidentally reinforce the very behaviors we’re trying to get rid of.
By the time he could extinguish the fire, the car was completely charred, he told police.
Crews thanked fast-thinking locals, who were attempting to extinguish the fire with garden hoses when CFA crews arrived.
Crews used two breathing apparatus and one hose reel to extinguish the fire.
Crews were able to extinguish the fire, but had to negotiate an undulating tract, making emergency service access tricky.
Fire and Rescue NSW crews have worked to successfully extinguish a fire near the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Depot on Monday, February 13.
Fire and Rescue NSW crews worked to extinguish the blaze, which engulfed the car and spread to a nearby wooden fence and tree.
Fire crews were able to extinguish the fire and left the area at around 12pm.
Firefighters and residents try to extinguish a fire in the city of Canakkale, northwest Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.
Firefighters used four breathing apparatus to extinguish the blaze.
Firefighters used one hose reel, a ladder and hand tools to extinguish the fire.
Firefighters used six breathing apparatus, two hose reels, one positive-pressure ventilation unit, and a thermal imaging camera to extinguish the flames.
Firefighters used two hose reel jets, two breathing apparatus, small tools, a reciprocating saw, and a positive pressure ventilation fan to extinguish the fire which took 45 minutes.
Firefighters were also able to extinguish the grass fire quickly.
Firefighters worked to extinguish a house fire on Taft Street in Lemon Grove on Sunday afternoon.
Fire service used two breathing apparatus and a compressed air foam system to extinguish the fire.
Common combinations with extinguish
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to extinguish 163×
- extinguish the 123×
- extinguish fire 17×
- and extinguish 9×
- extinguish it 6×
- extinguish any 5×
- firefighters extinguish 4×
- could extinguish 3×
- extinguish flames 3×
- extinguish this 3×