Plunger vs Desolate - What's the difference?
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A device that is used to remove blockages from a toilet or sink by suction.
The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
The part of a that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
One who plunges; a diver.
A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
The moving portion of solenoid.
(pinball) The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
(dated, slang) A reckless gambler.
(pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
(firearms) The firing pin of a breechloader.
Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
* Bible, Jer. ix. 11
* Tennyson
Barren and lifeless.
Made unfit for habitation or use; laid waste; neglected; destroyed.
Dismal or dreary.
Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
* Keble
To deprive of inhabitants.
To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
To abandon or forsake something.
To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
As a noun plunger
is a device that is used to remove blockages from a toilet or sink by suction.As an adjective desolate is
deserted and devoid of inhabitants.As a verb desolate is
to deprive of inhabitants.plunger
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(wikipedia plunger)Noun
(en noun)- (Knight)
Synonyms
* (device) plumber's helper (colloquial), plumber's friend (colloquial)Derived terms
* autoplungerdesolate
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Adjective
(en adjective)- a desolate''' isle; a '''desolate''' wilderness; a '''desolate house
- I will make Jerusalem a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate , without an inhabitant.
- And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among.
- desolate altars
- He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.
- voice of the poor and desolate