fire extinguisher
noun
: a portable or wheeled apparatus for putting out small fires by ejecting extinguishing chemicals
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Three of at least 30 people arrested when Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a Kings Mountain fire extinguisher plant last month will go home, a federal judge ruled, to their families in North Carolina.
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Julia Coin
july 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
Other exemptions included in the package bill would eliminate taxes on such things as sunscreen, insect repellant, tickets to NASCAR Championship races, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, life jackets, bicycle helmets, and admission to state parks.
—Jim Turner, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
In video footage released by the Chester Police on Facebook, Officer Contino is seen handing a fire extinguisher to another motorist at the scene before the pair rush over to the car, which is on its side and alight with flames.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 11 June 2025
From the Los Angeles Times, the story of a high school track runner being disqualified at the state track championships for using a fire extinguisher.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
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Julia Coin
july 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
Other exemptions included in the package bill would eliminate taxes on such things as sunscreen, insect repellant, tickets to NASCAR Championship races, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, life jackets, bicycle helmets, and admission to state parks.
—Jim Turner, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
In video footage released by the Chester Police on Facebook, Officer Contino is seen handing a fire extinguisher to another motorist at the scene before the pair rush over to the car, which is on its side and alight with flames.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 11 June 2025
From the Los Angeles Times, the story of a high school track runner being disqualified at the state track championships for using a fire extinguisher.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for fire extinguisher
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“Fire extinguisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20extinguisher. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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