fire hydrant

noun

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as in hydrant

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Recent Examples of fire hydrant The impact sent the second vehicle into a fire hydrant, causing a geyser to erupt, and into the side of a car dealership. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 Police arrested Joseph Centimano, 24, for opening the water to a fire hydrant. — Dan Kelly july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026 Bathroom Buyers may offer nearly $8,000 less for homes with a fire hydrant red bathroom, and pale pink can potentially cost sellers $6,031 in the bathroom as well. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 22 June 2026 The crew used a nearby fire hydrant to save the house and set up a staging area to protect nearby properties. — Sam Mulick, Daily News, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for fire hydrant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire hydrant
  1. hydrant
  2. pipe
  3. waste pipe
  4. tube
  5. duct
  6. leader
  7. conduit
  8. fireplug
Noun
  • Firefighters reportedly found no working alarm, no suppression system, and three dead hydrants; the safety documents they’re legally entitled to see reportedly burned up in the blaze.
    — Petala Ironcloud, ArsTechnica, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The fire was over by the time the firemen got the hydrant open.
    — George Calhoun, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of hydrant
Noun
  • Along the way, temperatures have grown hotter and pipes have gotten larger, both of which increase the electricity generated by each well.
    — Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But with the pipe capped, Daniel and Silo 18 are at a stand off.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of pipe
Noun
  • Hundreds of acres of land owned by the Port were rezoned for industrial use, hooked up to new water and waste pipes, and powered by substations installed near the Port after Neal lobbied the local utilities.
    — Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023
Definition of waste pipe
Noun
  • When a seal like Violet won’t eat on its own, caretakers use a tube to feed it.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This same safety priority forces cooling tubes to be placed over shirts rather than directly on the skin.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of tube
Noun
  • Van Ertvelde said most of the field this weekend is running the full cooling package — ducts, fans, chiller and driver cooling shirt.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In 2024, a passenger who tried to force open a door and injured a flight attendant while flying from Milwaukee to Dallas was duct-taped to his seat.
    — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of duct
Noun
  • New Hampshire’s premier Senate race is on after party leaders secured their top choices in what’s shaping up to be one of the tightest contests in the entire country come November.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Singapore pays its political leaders high salaries to attract talent and deter graft, but the issue is thorny in the city-state, where the median wage worker made S$5,775 ($736) a month in 2025.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of leader
Noun
  • Police found heavy-gauge copper wire and burglary tools consistent with cutting conduit and electrical wire.
    — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The most famous of these ideas, the Phillips Curve, sees tight labor markets and rising wages as the major conduit for inflation.
    — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of conduit
Noun
  • His fireplug vitality surrendered only to his untamed playing, boogie feel and volumes upon volumes of mesmerizing riffs.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
  • At 41 inches tall and 161 pounds per side, this fireplug of a speaker delivers impressive dynamic range at realistic (live music) levels and will admirably fill all but the most gigantic spaces with detailed yet unfatiguing sound.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of fireplug

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“Fire hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20hydrant. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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