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fire extinguisher
noun
: a portable or wheeled apparatus for putting out small fires by ejecting extinguishing chemicals
Examples of fire extinguisher in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Multiple demonstrators were arrested, including one person accused of blasting an officer with a fire extinguisher.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024
Additional options to reduce your risk of a home fire include having a properly sized and professionally installed ventilation hood over your cooktop or range, using an induction cooktop and keeping a fire extinguisher close at hand.
—Jamie Gold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
Finally, Ford stopped the bus, evacuated the students and put out the fire with a fire extinguisher, according to the declaration.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
In a phone interview, the farm’s owner told me that the house was routinely inspected by a third party who, just a few weeks before the fire, had ensured there were working smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 29 Feb. 2024
Heat and explosion from the batteries can cause the fires that are then difficult to extinguish with water or traditional fire extinguishers.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
During a follow-up November 2022 inspection there, the county inspector found the fire extinguishers had not been serviced since May 2019.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024
That’s wrong and dangerous Feb. 12, 2024 After crossing the border, the trucks involved in the smuggling scheme would continue up to Los Angeles, where a courier would take the fire extinguishers for distribution, the Justice Department alleges.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
In February, the U.S. Justice Department arrested 17 people in a scheme to smuggle fentanyl into the U.S. inside fire extinguishers.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1810, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of fire extinguisher was
in 1810
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“Fire extinguisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20extinguisher. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
fire extinguisher
noun
: something used to put out a fire
especially
: a portable or wheeled device for putting out small fires by spraying fire-extinguishing chemicals
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