extinguisher

[ US /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃɝ/ ]
[ UK /ɛkstˈɪŋɡwɪʃɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
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How To Use extinguisher In A Sentence

  • The workers had also complained about the unit's single non-functional fire extinguisher, which was replaced by two new ones.
  • This training is best when it provides hands-on practice of the use of fire extinguishers.
  • Staff at a beauty salon used a fire extinguisher and fire blanket to put out the flames and called an ambulance. Times, Sunday Times
  • Compare this to the roughly 16, 000 murders, 89,000 rapes, 441,000 robberies, and 834,000 assaults and tell me whether a gun or a fire extinguisher is more paranoid. The Volokh Conspiracy » Major legal win for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
  • I want us to become like a fire extinguisher, putting out fires where they emerge. Times, Sunday Times
  • Architectural fittings such as switches, extinguishers and signage can take on as much significance as the main exhibits.
  • He had recovered his balance quickly, grabbed a fire extinguisher and hurried back towards the fire. Bomber
  • The transatlantic flight from Heathrow carried on to Miami after cabin crew grabbed a fire extinguisher to douse the blazing oven. The Sun
  • I find it highly improbable, almost impossible, that poor minions who were duped into planting explosive fire extinguishers which ended up in mass murder of their fellow citizens would remain silent all these years for fear of their own, guilt-ridden lives. 1000 Architects and Engineers
  • The extinguisher label The extinguisher label gives operating  instructions and identifies the class, or classes, of fire on which the extinguisher may be used safely. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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