Thesaurus results for HYDRANTS

hydrants

noun

plural of hydrant

as in pipes

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 hydrants The mayor said the city has not been pressure testing the hydrants for a number of years. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026 Keep hydrants clear so FDNY members can quickly get water on a fire. —

Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 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 Attleboro firefighters had to overcome deep snow, live electrical wires and frozen hydrants to extinguish a two-alarm fire at a home early Wednesday morning. —

Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026 This new neighborhood also addressed critical infrastructure upgrades for Queens’ future such as new streets, signage, sidewalks, curbs, trees and lights installed alongside water mains, hydrants, sewers and utilities. —

Donovan Richards, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026 Among the improvements include replacing 42 miles of aging water and wastewater pipeline and upgrading storage tanks, wells, pumping stations, hydrants, meters and wastewater plants, a news release from the company said. —

Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hydrants

Noun

By 2017, monitoring wells — narrow pipes drilled into the ground to test groundwater — confirmed that contamination had been migrating off-site.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Pernerewski said the first two hydrants on Bennett Avenue, which are on a six-inch water main, likely became blocked with debris and the residue has gotten inside of the pipes and did not allow sufficient flow.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026