fire hose

noun

: a hose used to spray water on a fire

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As with everything on the web, looking up a word opens a fire hose of controversy and misinformation. Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025 While the firefighters were working, a woman who lived in the neighborhood approached the scene and allegedly stabbed a fire hose multiple times, causing water to spray from the hose. Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025 King’s one-night stay at The Stanley was punctuated by a vivid nightmare of his screaming son being chased down the hall by a fire hose. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025 For patients and providers, this fire hose of information could equate to life-saving breakthroughs—a new biomarker, a novel dosing schedule or a survival-prolonging treatment. Anna Forsythe, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire hose

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“Fire hose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20hose. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.

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