Sentence examples of "потушены" in Russian with translation "extinguish"

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Он не может быть потушен водой или песком. It cannot be extinguished by water or by sand.
Однако устроить пожар, конечно же, проще, чем потушить его. Starting a fire, however, is naturally easier than extinguishing it.
Слишком часто мы тратим огромные средства для того, чтобы вести борьбу с пожаром, который мы могли бы легко потушить, приняв вовремя превентивные меры. Too often, we spend vast sums of money to fight fires that, in hindsight, we might more easily have extinguished with timely preventive action.
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