hot wire
Example Sentences
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Though the silverback did not try to escape again, the offending branch-turned-ladder was removed and hot wire was added to the top of the wall as an additional precaution.
From Slate • Feb. 14, 2023
This involves putting a hot wire through a sample of the fridge or freezer backing material to determine if it catches alight.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2018
I’d seen that split-second surprise in his face and it had cut me like a hot wire.
From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2015
He was a hot wire in a cool medium.
From Time Magazine Archive
These were made of deer skins in the state of parchment, stretched over a hoop and perforated with a hot wire.
From Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer by Hartley, Cecil B.
