fire extinguisher
noun
: a portable or wheeled apparatus for putting out small fires by ejecting extinguishing chemicals
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Use a fire extinguisher by pulling the pin, aiming at the base of the fire, squeezing the lever slowly and sweeping the nozzle side to side
For a grease fire, try to cover the flames with a lid or pan to snuff them out.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025
Hundreds of protesters, some blasting fire extinguishers at lines of police officers, broke through a cordon to enter the court building soon after the 3 a.m. ruling on Sunday to approve the detention of Yoon.
—Reuters, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2025
Know where your fire extinguisher is and keep it handy.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Also, toward the end of the game, textures disappeared from my weapon and item wheels, leaving me to discern between the fire extinguisher and medical packs based solely on silhouettes.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025
Hundreds of protesters, some blasting fire extinguishers at lines of police officers, broke through a cordon to enter the court building soon after the 3 a.m. ruling on Sunday to approve the detention of Yoon.
—Reuters, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2025
Know where your fire extinguisher is and keep it handy.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Also, toward the end of the game, textures disappeared from my weapon and item wheels, leaving me to discern between the fire extinguisher and medical packs based solely on silhouettes.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Fire extinguisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20extinguisher. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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