forced-draft
Americanadjective
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using a flow of air or air forced through a pipe or system of pipes by fans or blowers.
a forced-draft central heating system.
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proceeding at full speed or intensity.
forced-draft production of the medicine.
Etymology
Origin of forced-draft
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Now he calls for forced-draft studies on how to "protect the fragile Arctic environment from the processes of exploitation."
From Time Magazine Archive
Lott is also the candidate of President Juscelino Kubi-tschek's Social Democrats, a party of bureaucrats and big landholders, and he thereby inherits Kubitschek's policy of forced-draft development through inflation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some advocates of forced-draft growth dismiss the Administration's worries about price upcreep, argue that "mild" inflation does no harm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Against the argument that price stability is needed for growth, the forced-draft school contends that actually, rapid growth is needed for price stability.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the bonuses America got from its poor rocket booster performance, as compared with the Russians, was a forced-draft course in miniaturization.
From The Trouble with Telstar by Schoenherr, John
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