suction

verb

Definition of suctionnext
as in to pump

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Recent Examples of suction In a new study, researchers documented seven cases of remoras, a fish known for suctioning itself onto rays—as well as sharks, dolphins, boats and even divers—plunging into manta rays' cloacal orifice, an opening used for pooping, peeing and mating. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 11 May 2026 Tests there have involved suctioning nodules from the seafloor to ships above. — Leonardo MacElloni, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026 Wait for it to land and carefully suction it away with the narrow crevice tool of your vacuum cleaner. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 5 Mar. 2026 The hospital did not have the tools to suction out the clot. — Daniel Torrent, STAT, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for suction
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suction
  1. pump
  2. siphon
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  • The event featured high-flying stunts, air-pumping cold thrusters, and a driverless demonstration that looked straight out of a sci-fi movie.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • But funding to pump water from a separate watershed into Rattlesnake Creek was approved in 2025 through spending legislation that Marshall supported.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pump
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  • Clogging a ballot with third-party candidates to siphon off votes from the other major party is a long-standing tactic in the country's two-party system.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • What goes up … But by the midterm year of 1966, much of the energy from LBJ's landslide election in 1964 had been expended — and much more had been siphoned off by his escalation of the war in Vietnam.
    — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
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“Suction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suction. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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