extinguish
Extinguish means to put out. As in, "I will extinguish the campfire now."
extinguish
Have a wet cloth handy to extinguish any flame. The Russians used tanks to extinguish the Hungarian revolution.
To extinguish a fire is to put it out.
To put out, to stop a chemical reaction.
To put out a fire...
To drench means to flood with water, put out in context is to extinguish.
Extinguish means "put out", so a fire extinguisher puts out fire.
It means to turn off (as an electric light), to put out (as a fire), to extinguish.
The correct spelling is extinguisher, a device used to extinguish (put out) a fire.
candles need oxgen to burn.