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Examples of fire truck in a Sentence
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As the plane taxied to the runway, a pair of fire trucks doused the plane with a water-cannon salute, an honor usually reserved for retiring pilots.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Kids can enjoy a foam party complete with bubble stations, photo ops with a fire truck, a water squirter battle zone and more.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
The third team focused on another, short-term plan for cooling the core: fire trucks, which could inject water from emergency tanks into one of the reactor’s cooling systems.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
As the plane comes to a halt, fire trucks douse the plane with water.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1855, in the meaning defined above
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“Fire truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20truck. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
fire truck
noun
: an automotive vehicle equipped for fighting fires
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