Synonyms for hydraulic
haɪˈdrɔ lɪk, -ˈdrɒl ɪkhy·draulic

Princeton's WordNet

1. hydraulicadjective

   moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil)

   "hydraulic erosion"; "hydraulic brakes"

2. hydraulicadjective

   of or relating to the study of hydraulics

   "hydraulic engineer"

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1. List of paraphrases for "hydraulic":

   hydraulics, hydro, waterpower, hydropower, hydraulic-transmission, hydrological, water, hydro-electric

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1. Air Force:

   Pieces of the failed rotor arm cut through the engine's fan case, the engine bay, an internal fuel tank, and hydraulic and fuel lines before exiting through the aircraft's upper fuselage, the total mishap damage is estimated to be in excess $50 million.

2. Bethzabet Martinez Amador:

   I remember walking into our living room one morning and seeing my dad kneeling in front of an entire car motor, he had a small hydraulic floor crane that he had used to hang the motor. Needless to say, my mom was livid at him for bringing all of his tools into the house.

3. Philadelphia Inquirer:

   As predicted, no Crisco on the poles. Instead, police are using hydraulic fluid.

4. R. Buckminster Fuller:

   A self-balancing, 28-jointed adaptor-based biped; an electro-chemical reduction plant, integral with segregated stowages of special energy extracts in storage batteries, for subsequent actuation of thousands of hydraulic and pneumatic pumps, with motors attached; 62,000 miles of capillaries....

5. Bernard Orr:

   The court recognized that both substantive infirmities with the rule itself and procedural inadequacies in (Bureau of Land Management's) rulemaking process compromise the validity of BLM's hydraulic fracturing rule.