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Word: extinguishes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There is no concrete evidence about how the fire started," Murphy said. "We got a call from Uncle Bunny's, and then there were two additional alarms. If a fire is in the basement it is difficult to extinguish because of the construction...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Condos Replace Nightclub and Shops | 4/22/1987 | See Source »

...power at the Central Square, Kendall Square and Charles St. T stops was shut down, and the fire department came to extinguish the fire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire on Subway Delays Red Line Commuters | 10/23/1986 | See Source »

Comparing saying "no" to sex with asking a smoker to extinguish a cigarette, Parrot noted that passivity is commonplace in all social situations...

Author: By Sara O. Vargas, | Title: Cornell Professor Describes Potential Date Rape Scenarios | 10/2/1986 | See Source »

...violence erupted when youths from the Lozells Road area, described by police as a drug-trafficking center, confronted officers about to ticket a black motorist and then turned on firemen who were trying to extinguish a blaze in a bingo hall. By the time police reinforcements arrived, 300 to 400 youths were looting and burning neighborhood shops, many of them owned by Asian immigrants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Looting Spree | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...hikers apparently tried to extinguish the fire themselves before being boated to safety across Lake Chelan, where a Forest Service official in a guardhouse had spotted the smoke. "I imagine it was tense for [the hikers], but they probably didn't have much of a chance," Ames said...

Author: By Kristin A. Goss, | Title: Med School Grads Caused Forest Fire | 7/23/1985 | See Source »

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