fire extinguisher
noun
: a portable or wheeled apparatus for putting out small fires by ejecting extinguishing chemicals
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The filing also highlights statements Chutkan made to rioter Robert Palmer, who was sentenced to more than five years in prison for using a wooden plank and a fire extinguisher to attack police.
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Fin Gómez, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2023
What was supposed to be an informative fire drill at a school in Thailand last week turned deadly when a fire extinguisher exploded, killing one student and injuring about 10 others at Bangkok’s Rachawinit School.
—Time, 29 June 2023
Some fire departments take out of date fire extinguishers and discharge them for training.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
Someone with a fire extinguisher ran from the other side of the freeway to put out the flames that were starting to rise from the van.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
What about a fire extinguisher, cash and a hand-crank weather radio?
—Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Though the view of the fire was partly obscured, an employee appeared to be using a fire extinguisher to put it out.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2023
She was then bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher, according to a court document.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 5 Aug. 2023
His wife used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames before crews arrived, according to Folio.
—Sydney Carruth, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
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Fin Gómez, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2023
What was supposed to be an informative fire drill at a school in Thailand last week turned deadly when a fire extinguisher exploded, killing one student and injuring about 10 others at Bangkok’s Rachawinit School.
—Time, 29 June 2023
Some fire departments take out of date fire extinguishers and discharge them for training.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
Someone with a fire extinguisher ran from the other side of the freeway to put out the flames that were starting to rise from the van.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
What about a fire extinguisher, cash and a hand-crank weather radio?
—Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Though the view of the fire was partly obscured, an employee appeared to be using a fire extinguisher to put it out.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2023
She was then bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher, according to a court document.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 5 Aug. 2023
His wife used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames before crews arrived, according to Folio.
—Sydney Carruth, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
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First Known Use
1810, in the meaning defined above
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fire extinguisher
noun
: something used to put out a fire
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: a portable or wheeled device for putting out small fires by spraying fire-extinguishing chemicals
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