gas-operated
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of gas-operated
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu said Moldovan state power company Energocom has signed a deal for December with the gas-operated Kuciurgan electricity plant in Transnistria.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
The Moscow-backed separatist region is home to Moldova’s largest gas-operated power station, which supplies about 70% of the country’s electricity needs.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
While Colt still holds the trademark, “AR-15” has become a ubiquitous term for a popular style of gas-operated, magazine-fed semiautomatic rifles.
From Washington Post
British Coal argues that it was forced into the cuts because its best customers, the electric-power companies, decided to abandon coal furnaces and convert to gas-operated generators.
From Time Magazine Archive
As PFCs or Spec 4s, most of them were common grunts and carried the standard M-16 gas-operated assault rifle.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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