suction
Example Sentences
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The suction dragged Christopher down into black, whirling chaos.
From Literature
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Its two submersibles have everything from hydraulic collection arms and suction tubes to high-definition cameras, allowing them to uncover the improbable life found in some of the harshest conditions on Earth.
From Barron's
Some engineers say the future isn’t in replicating the human shape but in improving on it, with four hands instead of two, or suction grippers instead of fingers.
Cutter suction dredgers harvest material for further expansion.
The most promising model is a robot with 12 arms, six on either side, each bearing a camera and suction cups.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.