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hydraulic

adjective as in moved by fluid under pressure

Strong match

  • hydromechanical

Weak match

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Example Sentences

The old railroad tracks and Grade II-listed Victorian hydraulic tower have been painstakingly restored.

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Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment to free them before they were taken to hospital.

From BBC

In this case, it literally bounced over the Santa Monica Mountains — Swain called it a “hydraulic jump” — and crashed down along the coast of western Los Angeles County, straight into Pacific Palisades.

Miners hauled in hydraulic equipment to dig and dredge and strip the mountains, polluting the runoff so badly that in 1874, the flatlanders who depended on that water went to court to stop the despoiling.

She told Brazilian media outlet G1 the hydraulics in the building are "sensitive".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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