SUCTION Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

suction

verb

Definition of suction

as in to pump

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fill
pour

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Recent Examples of suction In a new study, researchers documented seven cases of remoras, a fish known for suctioning itself onto rays—as well as sharks, dolphins, boats and even divers—plunging into manta rays' cloacal orifice, an opening used for pooping, peeing and mating. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 11 May 2026 Tests there have involved suctioning nodules from the seafloor to ships above. — Leonardo MacElloni, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026 Wait for it to land and carefully suction it away with the narrow crevice tool of your vacuum cleaner. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 5 Mar. 2026 The hospital did not have the tools to suction out the clot. — Daniel Torrent, STAT, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for suction

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An April 9 strike on a pumping station cut throughput by about 700,000 barrels a day before Saudi Arabia restored full capacity days later.

— Steven John, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The result could spur a global scramble to pump more oil as quickly as possible, leaving the kingdom fighting to win back market share when the conflict ends amid a glut and lower prices.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of pump

Verb

Clogging a ballot with third-party candidates to siphon off votes from the other major party is a long-standing tactic in the country's two-party system.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
What goes up … But by the midterm year of 1966, much of the energy from LBJ's landslide election in 1964 had been expended — and much more had been siphoned off by his escalation of the war in Vietnam.

— Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of siphon

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