fire hydrant
noun
: a pipe usually in the street that provides water especially for putting out fires
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Would fewer fire hydrants in the Palisades have run dry if there had been better maintenance, including having a key reservoir operating instead of closed for repairs?
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Wettstein noted first responders were forced to run some 800 feet of hose to another, functioning fire hydrant before efforts to put out the fire could even begin.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
The president was among those who chastised officials after some fire hydrants ran dry in Los Angeles.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article For every selfish motorist who blocks a fire hydrant.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Wettstein noted first responders were forced to run some 800 feet of hose to another, functioning fire hydrant before efforts to put out the fire could even begin.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
The president was among those who chastised officials after some fire hydrants ran dry in Los Angeles.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article For every selfish motorist who blocks a fire hydrant.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fire hydrant
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“Fire hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20hydrant. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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