Word: extinguish
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Ever since 1945, ranger-hatted Smokey has led the U.S. Forest Service's campaign against the menace of forest fires, urging campers to douse their fires and extinguish matches and cigarettes with the greatest care. Now both the Forest Service and the National Park Service are coming around to the idea that a few naturally caused fires may actually be good for forests...
...headquarters of the Cambridge Fire Department is located only a half-block away from the IBM building, and firemen were able to extinguish the blaze within minutes...
MBTA subway service between Harvard and South Station was interrupted for an hour yesterday afternoon after a Harvard-bound train became disabled. Cambridge firemen were called to extinguish several small fires along the right-of-way near Kendall Station. There were no injuries...
...majority of the people thought the Americans came here to defend them. But as the war wore on, they realized, no, the Americans came here to help themselves. The people feel perhaps you do not want to end the war." A CIVIL ENGINEER: "Americans came like firemen to extinguish the fire, but they haven't done the job, and now they are going home. It's unbelievable. Fine, we will put out the fire ourselves, but you have taken the water, the pump and the ladder with you. Once we knew how to put out these fires with...
...While I do not agree with Martha Mitchell's wish to extinguish the Supreme Court, she is right to this extent: the court is not representative of the nation. And they are nine old men! Maybe we do need Martha...