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vapor

noun as in fumes, mist

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The first fuel truck they sent out to the plane had a vapor lock.

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As the smoke rises, water vapor in the air condenses at high altitudes, creating what is known as a pyrocumulus cloud, or fire cloud.

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For example, in the case of EO, highly corrosive hydrogen fluoride vapor.

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The term is used among conspiracy theorists who believe that the contrails of vapor that can form behind an airplane’s engines are actually chemicals being distributed from high altitude.

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He said such storms, which roll in from the Pacific Ocean carrying massive amounts of water vapor, would typically be on a larger scale.

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

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