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suction

[suhk-shuhn] / ˈsʌk ʃən /


NOUN
sucking
Synonyms




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She turned a maroon tablecloth into a makeshift curtain, attaching it to the French doors with suction cups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

It will seat one person and be equipped with a multi-mode suction system and cold-gas thrusters that can boost it into the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Mobile medical units carrying oxygen, nebulisers, suction equipment, malaria tests and medicines visited more than 20 affected villages.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

By the time Dyson married, had children, and became obsessed with improving the suction of vacuum cleaners in his early 30s, he had tired of having a boss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

I gripped the rail as the ship fought against the suction.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan


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