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extinguish
verb as in put out a fire
Example Sentences
These are the worst Americans of all, motivated not by love of country but rather fear of newcomers, whose ways they seek to extinguish under the cloak of patriotism and the cudgel of the law.
He snapped at a courtside fan early in the second half as he and the Lakers quickly extinguished a Denver rally.
Had those engines been patrolling the hillsides and canyons, they might have been able to extinguish the fire when it was still small.
Despite a brighter start to the second period from the Black and Whites, which saw hopes briefly rise when Lewis Martin went over in the corner, the Warriors quickly extinguished them.
Trump has some very deep visions for us and they’re only now, after a month of chaos becoming clear through the settling haze from the fires Trump set and will later claim to extinguish.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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