fire extinguisher
noun
: a portable or wheeled apparatus for putting out small fires by ejecting extinguishing chemicals
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Apart from the Syrian with the fire extinguisher, there were no young or middle-aged men.
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Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
Police say other video footage showed Edgington enter the building and use a fire extinguisher inside.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
One passerby had a fire extinguisher and used it to put out the blaze on the vehicle's undercarriage.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 19 May 2026
No matter how many fire extinguishers there are to hand, at Marseille the fire never seems to go out.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
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Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
Police say other video footage showed Edgington enter the building and use a fire extinguisher inside.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
One passerby had a fire extinguisher and used it to put out the blaze on the vehicle's undercarriage.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 19 May 2026
No matter how many fire extinguishers there are to hand, at Marseille the fire never seems to go out.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
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“Fire extinguisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20extinguisher. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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