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hot wire

[hot-wahyuhr, hot-wahyuhr] / ˈhɒtˈwaɪər, ˈhɒtˌwaɪər /




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The study examined additive manufacturing using hot-wire laser irradiation and tested two different fabrication strategies.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

“He also told me of the struggles they were having with their equipment — having to hot-wire vehicles just to get from one part of the airport to the other,” Mr. Lopez said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Some Taliban fighters stood hunched over the engines or tried to hot-wire every vehicle they saw.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2021

Newer cars, equipped with high-tech keys and immobilizer systems, are impossible to hot-wire.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2011

Every instinct told him to run out of school, hot-wire the El Camino, and chase them across the entire state of North Carolina if he had to.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss