as in pipe
a discharge faucet at which water may be drawn from a water main (as for fighting fires)
The work of the firefighters was made more difficult by the absence of hydrants in the neighborhood.
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Recent Examples of hydrant
Spring-fed wells provide all of the property’s water, including for the fire-hydrant and sprinkler system.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026
Water storage ran out and hydrants went dry.
—David Marston, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
Water hydrants were left depleted during the emergency as well, which officials attribute to the high demand for water.
—City News Service, Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Neighbors grabbed shovels and started looking for hydrants as officers went door-to-door evacuating everyone from neighboring homes.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026
Water storage ran out and hydrants went dry.
—David Marston, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
Water hydrants were left depleted during the emergency as well, which officials attribute to the high demand for water.
—City News Service, Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Neighbors grabbed shovels and started looking for hydrants as officers went door-to-door evacuating everyone from neighboring homes.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hydrant
Noun
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The plumber had no choice but to bring the pipe into the house at this elevation.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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The 6-foot pipe, which transports 10 million gallons of wastewater a day, is nearing the end of its life and needs to be rehabilitated and eventually replaced, OC San officials said.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
Noun
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The detentions come after a handful of other arrests months earlier, but Fúnez has long been pinpointed by local environmental and religious leaders as the man who spearheaded the assassination.—
Marlon González,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Unlike other Western leaders—and the foreign-policy establishment in Washington—Sánchez sees China in more pragmatic terms rather than as necessarily a strategic rival.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Now, Blanco is a proud member of Oak Lawn’s drum line, which plays at football and basketball games and school concerts.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Both arrived in Tampa Bay as first-round picks charged with bringing violence, swagger and disruption to the defensive line.—
Rick Stroud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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“Hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hydrant. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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