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extinguish Definition of extinguish. 1  transitive verb. 2  1a (1) : to bring to an end : make an end of hope for their safety was slowly extinguished (2) : to reduce to silence or ineffectivenessb : to cause to cease burning : quenchc : to cause extinction of (a conditioned response)d : to dim the brightness of : eclipse.
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expunge Expunge is defined as to erase or get rid of. An example of to expunge is to remove all names of underage witnesses from a crime report. expunge. expunge. To erase, delete, or strike out: expunged their names from the list. To eliminate completely; wipe out: a government's attempt to expunge dissidents.
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- Another word for eliminate. verb. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution: eradicate, liquidate, purge, remove, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, put an end to. See help, keep. To keep from being admitted, included, or considered: bar, count out, debar, except, exclude, keep out, rule out, shut out.
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burn 1 [be + ~-ing + to + verb] to be very eager (to do something specified):I was burning to tell you what happened. 2  burn down, to burn completely; to burn to the ground: [no object]All the houses on that block burned down.[~ + down + object]They burned down the house.[~ + object + down]They burned the house down.
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exterminate To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests. We'll use poison to exterminate the rats. (figuratively) To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface. Even a mass birching at the public school failed to exterminate truancy.
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- Full Definition of LANGUISH. intransitive verb. 1. a: to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated b: to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality. 2. a: to become dispirited. 3. : to assume an expression of grief or emotion appealing for sympathy. — lan·guish·er noun.
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- 2 to cause to cease burning put out the campfire before leaving Synonyms blanket, douse (also dowse), extinguish, quench, snuff (out)Related Words choke, smother, suffocate; blow out, rub out, snub (out), stamp (out), stubAntonyms fire, ignite, inflame (also enflame), kindle, light.
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- Verb[edit] expel ‎(third-person singular simple present expels, present participle expelling, simple past and past participle expelled) To eject or erupt.
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burn Three burning candles. The definition of a burn is a place or area destroyed or damage by fire. An example of a burn is a mark on one's finger from touching a flame. Burn means to be on fire, to be destroyed by fire or to give off light. An example of to burn is when a pile of oily rags catches on fire.
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Conflagration Firefighting is the practice of attempting to extinguish a conflagration, protect life and property, and minimize damage and injury. One of the goals of fire prevention is to avoid conflagrations. When a conflagration is extinguished, there is often a fire investigation to determine the cause of the fire.
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eject spritz-eject (a liquid) quickly; spritz water on a surface. extravasate-force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel. discharge-pour forth or release; discharge liquids.
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Evacuation Plans and Procedures eTool How a Fire Extinguisher Works: Portable fire extinguishers apply an extinguishing agent that will either cool burning fuel, displace or remove oxygen, or stop the chemical reaction so a fire cannot continue to burn. When the handle of an extinguisher is compressed, agent is expelled out the nozzle.
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battery Switch to new thesaurus. firing, fire - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes; they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire.
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explode 1530s, to reject with scorn, from Latin explodere drive out or off by clapping, hiss off, hoot off, originally theatrical, to drive an actor off the stage by making noise, hence drive out, reject (a sense surviving in an exploded theory), from ex-out (see ex-) + plaudere to clap the hands, applaud, of uncertain origin.
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- exhalation definition: 1. an exhaling or being exhaled; expiration or evaporation 2. something exhaled, as air, steam, or an odor; emanation; effluviumOrigin of exhalationClassical Latin exhalatio...
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- A Fire extinguisher is a device which can be used to control a fire. Fire extinguishers can help remove the fire, and may stop it from burning. Depending on the size, some fire extinguishers can be carried around and operated by hand. There are different kinds of fire extinguishers.
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- terminate, end, or take out. 1  take out, 2  cancel out, 3  obliterate, 4  wipe out, 5  exclude, 6  cut, 7  except, 8  leave off, 9  do away with, 10  rationalise, 11  snuff out, 12  destroy, 13  drown, 14  leave out, 15  cut out, 16  prune, 17  get rid of, 18  rationalize, 19  omit, 20  destruct, 21  knock out, 22  decouple, 23  extinguish. 24  include.
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- To destroy is defined as to damage, ruin or spoil something beyond repair. When you drive a truck into a house and totally demolish it, this is an example of a situation where you destroy the house.
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How to Back Up All the Text Messages on Your iPhone If you’re like most iPhone users, when you upgraded to iOS 7, Apple automatically migrated your settings, apps, and text messages. While there are benefits to wiping your phone and starting over — c’mon, you don’t really need all those apps — there’s also the possibility that you might lose valuable info hidden within your text messages.
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furlough Sack VerbCan, Dismiss, Displace, Fire, Force Out, Give Notice, Give The Axe, Give The Sack, Send Away, Terminate. Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. The boss fired his secretary today. The company terminated 25% of its workers.
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fire firing - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes; they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire fire attack, onrush, onset, onslaught - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); the attack began at dawn
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Definitions &Translations exclamation. 1  A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
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Definitions &Translations 1 [n] the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes; they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire. [ n] a fireplace in which a fire is burning; they sat by the fire and talked.
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- To some agencies they are the same action, and the term is used interchangeably. To other fire organizations, the meanings have been reversed or changed altogether. Burnout and Backfire do not mean the same thing. Burnout: (also known as burning out or firing out) involves setting fire inside of a fire line, including scratch lines or a wet line, to consume fuel between the edge of the control line and the fire to strengthen the fireline (create a blackline).
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extricate verb (used with object), extricated, extricating. 1. to free or release from entanglement; disengage: to extricate someone from a dangerous situation. 2. to liberate (gas) from combination, as in a chemical process. Origin of extricate.
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- An exothermic process is one that gives off energy when it occurs. A simple example of an exothermic process is the combustion of gasoline, because this process gives off a great deal of heat. In fancy mathematical terms, we would say that exothermic processes have negative ∆H values because the system is giving off the energy (i.e. losing energy to the surroundings).