Usage examples for extinguish
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They neither jar together, nor war with each other, nor extinguish each other. – Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt by Gaston Camille Charles Maspero
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The only precaution I took was to extinguish my cigarette if I chanced at the moment to be smoking. – The Spy in Black by J. Storer Clouston
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In a very few minutes flames began to appear on the roof, and, though the enemy worked hard to extinguish it, it rapidly increased, until the mosque was untenable. – The History of the First West India Regiment by A. B. Ellis