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suction
noun as in absorption
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Weak matches
noun as in leverage
noun as in sucking
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noun as in traction
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Example Sentences
The Department issued orders banning both mohelim from practicing direct oral suction.
The tube was to be inserted so it could suction out the blood and air packed in the chest and prevent the lung from collapsing.
As the clock struck twelve he gave the signal at which the large suction-pump was to be set in motion.
And always the usual work of the suction-pumps went on, those pumps now fixed to this great reservoir of millions.
The first and second lead precipitates were filtered by suction and washed with water.
In the storerooms above the electric engine room there was one 3-inch suction.
Each pump had suction and discharge pipes of 29-inch bore, and was driven by a compound engine.
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On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to suction, such as: consumption, digestion, intake, penetration, retention, and saturation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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