: a portable or wheeled apparatus for putting out small fires by ejecting extinguishing chemicals
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Recent Examples on the WebThree fire extinguisher boxes were reported damaged in the Larch Avenue parking deck at 8 p.m. Aug. 28. Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022 Everyone from coke oven part makers to fire extinguisher distributors sued Bluestone to get their full payments. Shane Loeffler, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2022 Is there a fire extinguisher for the kitchen area since grease fires and stovetop flare-ups are a common cause of fires?Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2022 Surveillance video shows someone with a fire extinguisher walking toward the man and spraying him twice for several seconds. Kiely Westhoff, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 Someone on the ground tried to knock down the flames with a fire extinguisher with little success.oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2021 One person sprayed the man with a fire extinguisher and punched him, police said. Kiely Westhoff, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 In the harshest punishment handed down so far, Robert Palmer of Florida was sentenced to five years and three months in prison for assaulting police officers with a fire extinguisher, a plank and a pole.NBC news, 4 Jan. 2022 Robert Palmer, who used a fire extinguisher, a wooden plank and a pole to attack police, was sentenced to more than five years in prison. Holmes Lybrand And Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN, 24 Dec. 2021 See More