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firehose

n. (alternative spelling of fire hose English) vb. To wash something down with a '''firehose'''; to douse with a large amount of water (or chemical agent) sprayed from a hose, to extinguish a fire.

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Firehose (band)

Firehose (stylized as fIREHOSE) was an American alternative rock band consisting of Mike Watt (bass, vocals), Ed Crawford (guitar, vocals), and George Hurley (drums). They were initially active from 1986 to 1994, and reunited in 2012.

Usage examples of "firehose".

Against one wall was a pickax, a firehose, and a set of bolt cutters behind a glass pane.

The firemen, who were well drilled and had already had to control small fires, arrived with firehoses, which held off the few wherries that evaded the little defenders.

He reported that in Moscow he had seen vehicles equipped with firehoses, but he didn't know against whom.

But when Timur mentioned the firehoses he remarked spitefully: "And about time, too.

They will drag your women by the hair, they will sic dogs on you, they may even get out the firehoses (and other tricks they’ve learned from us Americans).

They will drag your women by the hair, they will sic dogs on you, they may even get out the firehoses (and other tricks they&rquo.

If they are fine-pointed draftsman's pens, then what Cantrell's drawn here is a firehose spraying India ink.

The blast from the bow nacelles dug like a firehose into the gravel roadway, then sprayed the spoil into the crowd with the energy required to float thirty tonnes of combat vehicle.

He turned and saw that a firehose had been unleashed in the room, and then he realized that one of the small portholes had blown or burned out, and the water was rushing in with incredible force.