plural hydrants
1
: a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from a water main (as for fighting fires)
called also fireplug
2
: faucet
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Meanwhile, the hydrants in these communities ran out of water from their hydrants.
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Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Jan. 2025
Newsom has called for an independent investigation into the dry hydrants and the fact that the local reservoir was offline during the blazes.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
But water demand quadrupled when the blazes broke out, and three 1-million tanks in the Pacific Palisades hills ran dry, causing water pressure to dry up in about 20% of the hydrants.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Since the fires broke out Jan. 7, Trump has used social media and interviews to accuse the state of sending too much water to the Pacific Ocean instead of south toward Los Angeles and highlighted how some hydrants ran dry in the early hours of the firefight in Pacific Palisades.
—Amy Taxin, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Jan. 2025
Newsom has called for an independent investigation into the dry hydrants and the fact that the local reservoir was offline during the blazes.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
But water demand quadrupled when the blazes broke out, and three 1-million tanks in the Pacific Palisades hills ran dry, causing water pressure to dry up in about 20% of the hydrants.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Since the fires broke out Jan. 7, Trump has used social media and interviews to accuse the state of sending too much water to the Pacific Ocean instead of south toward Los Angeles and highlighted how some hydrants ran dry in the early hours of the firefight in Pacific Palisades.
—Amy Taxin, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrant. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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hydrant
noun
hy·drant
ˈhī-drənt 
: a pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the main pipes
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