hydrants

plural of hydrant
as in pipes
a discharge faucet at which water may be drawn from a water main (as for fighting fires) The work of the firefighters was made more difficult by the absence of hydrants in the neighborhood.

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Recent Examples of hydrants Some hydrants were jammed up by freezing temperatures; the blaze was contained in part because of a fireboat that Collins had funded. — Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026 The loss of pressure in hydrants has happened before in wildfires, including the 2008 Freeway Complex fire, the 2017 Tubbs and Thomas fires, the 2018 Woolsey fire and the 2024 Mountain fire. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 The serum offers the best of both worlds—powerful hydrants with brightening actives. — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2026 Firefighters reportedly found no working alarm, no suppression system, and three dead hydrants; the safety documents they’re legally entitled to see reportedly burned up in the blaze. — Petala Ironcloud, ArsTechnica, 7 Sep. 2026 This is the first year in a multiyear project in which about 6,800 hydrants will eventually be repainted. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 People pull out the barbecue, open fire hydrants, throw block parties. — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 9 July 2026 The map also overlays the location of water hydrants, the moisture content of vegetation, wildfire history, red flag warnings of dangerous fire conditions and other data. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 Firefighters were forced to try to connect to city hydrants instead. — ABC News, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hydrants
Noun
  • Think again of a gigantic system of pipes, each of which is open or closed with a certain probability.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Jacob Markstrom and Akira Schmid will now be between the pipes for Florida.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Israeli leaders have said little about the unprecedented death toll in Gaza, the humanitarian catastrophe and the lack of reconstruction.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Lawyers for victims’ relatives claim that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia aided the hijackers.
    — Tom Winter, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • With BLADEone, there will be no crowded commercial terminals, long security lines, or boarding groups.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The team is deep enough and has the talent needed on multiple lines to be competitive, regardless of the travel concerns.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Hydrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hydrants. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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