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
Turning on the electricity, he seared off all the feathery tissue he could reach with his hot wire.
From Time Magazine Archive
A hole should be made in the base with a small awl or with a hot wire, and into this should be set a pin, head down.
From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John
