putting out a fire
Quenching a blaze
Putting out a fire is extinguishing flames, whether literally with water or a fire extinguisher, or figuratively by resolving a crisis before it spreads: I spent all morning putting out fires at work.
The phrase emphasizes urgent, reactive problem-solving rather than prevention.
- extinguishEnd combustion forcibly
- douseWet completely, often flames
- water hoseFlexible tube for spraying
- backburningDeliberate preventive burning
- smotherDeprive of air
quench · water · flames · burning building · firefighting · stifle · smokejumper · blaze · hose · firebreak · suppress · squelch · smoke detector · smoke inhalation · conflagration · inferno · put out · sprinkler system
putting out a fireignition
Starting combustion process
setting fire · arson · fanning the flames · torching · firelighting
putting out a firemaking things worse
fanning the flames · adding fuel to the fire · exacerbating · pouring gasoline on the fire · inciting