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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The Japanese in particular were enraged by the effects of forced-draft industrialization on their lovely country.
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He had worked up to this forced-draft rate in the Royal Navy during World War II, and never tapered off.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along with affluence, another reason for the new attitude toward careers lies in the forced-draft nature of U.S. education and the widespread rebellion against it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now he calls for forced-draft studies on how to "protect the fragile Arctic environment from the processes of exploitation."
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A forced-draft fan has been installed at one side of the hand-fired boiler, to provide air pressure when coal is being burned at high capacity.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 by Wilson, Herbert M.
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