Translation for 'to extinguish sth' from English to Slovak

to extinguish sth.

zahasiť n-čo [dok.]

uhasiť n-čo [dok.]HasZách

hasiť n-čo [nedok.]HasZách

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to extinguish a candle

sfúknuť sviečku [dok.]

to replenish sth. (with sth.) [glass with water etc.]

doliať n-čo (n-čím) [dok.]

to hitch (up) sth. to sth. [animal to a cart]

zapriahnuť n-čo do n-čoho [dok.]

to bring sb./sth. to the verge of sth.

prieviesť n-ho/ n-čo na pokraj n-čoho [dok.]

to disconnect sth. from sth. [remove from a supply]

odpojiť n-čo z n-čoho [dok.] [zo zdroja]

to associate sth. with sth. [in one's mind]

spájať si n-čo s n-čím [nedok.] [v mysli]

to deduct sth. from sth. [e.g. from wages]

strhnúť n-čo z n-čoho [dok.] [odpočítať, zraziť]ekon.práca

to spill (from sth. / out of sth.) [fall from a container]

vysypať sa (z n-čoho) [dok.]

trade-off of sth. for sth. [exchange]

výmena {f} n-čoho za n-čo

to devolve sth. on / upon / to sb./sth.

previesť n-čo na n-ho/ n-čo [dok.] [právomoci, zodpovednosť ap.]

preniesť n-čo na n-ho/ n-čo [dok.] [právomoci, zodpovednosť]

to harness sth. to sth. [animal to a cart]

zapriahnuť n-čo do n-čoho [dok.]

with a view to sth./ doing sth.

s úmyslom urobiť n-čo

s cieľom urobiť n-čo

to have sth. to do with sb./sth.

mať n-čo spoločné s n-ým/ n-čím [nedok.]

mať dočinenia s n-ým/ n-čím [nedok.]

to have sth. in common with sb./sth.

mať n-čo spoločné s n-ým/ n-čím [nedok.]

to accommodate sth. to sth. [bring into harmony]

uviesť n-čo do súladu s n-čím [dok.] [prispôsobiť]

to tell the difference between sth. and sth.

rozoznať n-čo od n-čoho [dok.]

to smear sth. on /over sth. [e.g. mud on the wall etc.]

zamazať n-čo n-čím [dok.] [napr. múr blatom]

• The impact severely damaged an area of the Pentagon and caused a large fire that took several days to extinguish.
• Fire fighting services are provided in most developed areas to extinguish or contain uncontrolled fires.
• Nitrate film fires were virtually impossible to extinguish.
• The town is twinned with Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer in Normandy, France In April 2014, Emsworth Sailing Club received national media coverage when retired Royal Navy Captain Clifford "John" Caughey drove his car into the clubhouse, causing a loud explosion and requiring thirty firefighters to extinguish the blaze.
• With kidnapping methods, Cheka was able to extinguish numerous cases of discontent especially among the rural population.

• In April 2019 an unknown person set fire to an exterior wall of the archives building using a homemade incendiary device before firefighters were able to extinguish the flames.
• Many buildings are fitted with fire alarms, ranging from a self-contained domestic smoke detector to a sophisticated alarm system that can operate building fire fighting systems automatically to extinguish fires with water or inert gases.
• Disadvantages include combustibility (hard to extinguish) and significant smoke development.
• ... William Elliott, 50, of the Oakland Fire Department) was killed in the effort to extinguish the blaze.
• While Burundi's emergency services were unable to extinguish the blaze on their own, neighbouring Rwanda sent helicopters to assist in the emergency response.

• Candle snuffers are instruments used to extinguish burning candles by smothering the flame with a small metal cup that is suspended from a long handle, and thus depriving it of oxygen.
• Many in the South feared that the King sought to extinguish Catholicism and the French language.
• The fan obliged, without taking Pete Townshend's advice that "the quickest way" to extinguish a joint is "up your fucking arse".
• With the water main severed, nobody was able to extinguish the inferno, therefore inhabitants had no option but to flee to safety.
• The fires had been raging in an area contaminated with unexploded ordnance, rendering them difficult to extinguish for firefighters.

• The Byzantine Empire used Greek fire, which contained additives that made it hard to extinguish.
• Metal fires are Class D, but not all Class D extinguishers are effective when used to extinguish sodium fires.
• Because of its low density, gasoline floats on water, and therefore water cannot generally be used to extinguish a gasoline fire unless applied in a fine mist.
• The resulting explosion often starts a fire difficult to extinguish.
• The noun "snuff" originally meant the part of a candle wick that has already burned; the verb "snuff" meant to cut this off, and by extension to extinguish or kill.