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fire hose

American  

noun

  1. a special heavy-duty hose for use in fighting destructive fires.


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The curriculum combined fire hose blasts of information about rod physics and trout-stream entomology with hands-on instruction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

“We’ll be here till tomorrow dealing with this blaze,” said Major Issa Hamdoun, a civil defense commander, as he watched his men manhandling the fire hose into the wreckage of the building.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2026

And resident Leung Ho-hin said he saw two neighbours try to use a fire hose, but "no water" came out.

From Barron's Mar. 24, 2026

Even at that distance, the comet was losing water at a rate of about 40 kilograms per second, comparable to water blasting from a fully opened fire hose.

From Science Daily Feb. 11, 2026

Like they were drinking liquid adrenaline through a fire hose.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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