Word: extinguish
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...this hesitance that SafetyWalk hopes to extinguish by making the program move visible...
...HUPD received a call from the Cambridge Fire Department reporting students using a grill on the Science Center mall. An officer responded and asked students to extinguish the fire and leave the area...
Most people can't understand the insidiousness of Microsoft's "embrace, extend and extinguish" policy when applied to real innovations like Sun's Java, but every mouse clicker has tried to zap the Office Assistant in the Office suite. Such "functionality" is what makes Microsoftware hog all your hard-disk space, so that you need a new PC every six months. The one-size-fits-all approach is like making a car that is also a boat and that rides like a helicopter. Trying to fly will result in short hops and frequent crashes! Microsoft is the big bully...
...much division of opinion. Many consider the operation a great success. We agree that the relatives were being evasive in their negotiations with Reno. But in our minds, the Gestapo-like tactics employed by Reno were absolutely unnecessary. Such tactics are reminiscent of the Castro government. Reno did not extinguish all her options: she should have obtained a court order that would have held the relatives criminally negligent if they did not return Elian. The negotiators for the family were nearing an agreement that morning with Reno at the exact moment the raid was executed. Quite simply, there...
Cornell responded quickly with four goals in under two minutes to extinguish any hope of a comeback...