pump
Example Sentences
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A valve designed to drain water from the plant’s fuel rods stuck open, yet operators mistakenly shut down water pumps, causing a partial meltdown.
Parts of East Yorkshire were flooded on Monday morning with fire crews needing to pump water away from properties.
From BBC
There are now more charging ports than gas pumps.
From Los Angeles Times
The water pump went out, and the owner may have caused further damage by driving the car hot.
From MarketWatch
Venezuela badly needs those products to produce fuel and pump its own heavier oil for export to China.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
