Quickly, the firefighters extinguished the raging inferno.

Meaning: This sentence describes firefighters swiftly putting out a fierce and intense fire.

Choice of Words: Quickly means with great speed or in a short amount of time. Firefighters are people whose job is to put out fires. Extinguished is the past tense of the verb extinguish which means to put out a fire or light. Raging means very strong and violent. Inferno is a very large and destructive fire.

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