How to Use fire extinguisher in a Sentence

fire extinguisher

noun
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  • Rescue workers tried to put out the blaze with a small fire extinguisher.
    — Fox News, 18 May 2021
  • The only item missing from a truck there was a fire extinguisher.
    — cleveland, 11 June 2021
  • Basic and durable, this fire extinguisher is a safe option for most homes.
    — Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2021
  • Enhance her home safety gear with a fire extinguisher and radon detector and show her how to use them.
    — Jamie Gold, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • The officers found a back window of the home had been broken with a fire extinguisher.
    — oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Other police officers were hit in the head with a fire extinguisher.
    — Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Grosjean ran to the fence and grabbed a fire extinguisher from a race marshal who passed it through a hole and rushed back to his car, which had black smoke rising from the front.
    — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 14 June 2021
  • Hall said graffiti was written on the walls and the suspect apparently sprayed a fire extinguisher in some units.
    — Michael Wetzel The Decatur Daily, al, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Sittenfeld would assist in a daily check of fire extinguishers and troubleshoot inmate needs.
    — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 20 June 2024
  • If things go amiss, there's also an automatic onboard fire extinguisher.
    — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Andrew Tobias reports a man broke three windows and discharged a fire extinguisher inside.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Swift, 34, struggles to squeeze the operating lever but eventually gets the fire extinguisher to put out the blaze.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • Cadena sprayed her in the face with foam from the fire extinguisher and then beat her in the head repeatedly with the heavy metal cylinder, Tromblay said in the court document.
    — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Two months ago, the agency released videos of 10 different suspects spraying police officers with a fire extinguisher and hurling large objects at police.
    — Joe Walsh, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • One of the thieves brought and discharged a fire extinguisher in the store.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • At the side of the bus, the crowd tried to hose them down using small fire extinguishers.
    — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Baik tried to use a fire extinguisher, but the fire was too strong.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2022
  • Flames spread from the hood all across the front of the car as clouds of smoke and fire extinguisher spray billowed.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024
  • Where were the soldiers and medics and jeeps and water tanks and fire extinguishers?
    — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Set out a heavy pot lid that fits your pan, as well as your kitchen fire extinguisher.
    — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The 13-year-old boy was able to get his four sisters out of the house as the fire spread, and then went back in to try to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.
    — Fox News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • There was a fire extinguisher in the ICU near the nursing station.
    — Tabassum Barnagarwala, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The vessel was sprayed with red and black paint from fire extinguishers.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 17 July 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
  • Is there a fire extinguisher for the kitchen area since grease fires and stovetop flare-ups are a common cause of fires?
    — Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2022
  • He and another man rushed to the scene with a fire extinguisher.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
  • The employees put the fire out with a fire extinguisher, Pechin said.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Someone on the ground tried to knock down the flames with a fire extinguisher with little success.
    — oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Wooden pieces from the bridge, life vests and fire extinguishers.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
  • One person sprayed the man with a fire extinguisher and punched him, police said.
    — Kiely Westhoff, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022

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