Synonyms for irrigation
ir·ri·ga·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. irrigationnoun

   supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc

2. irrigationnoun

   (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution

Matched Categories

1. • Medical Care
   • Medicine
   • Provision

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1. irrigationnoun

   Synonyms:
   watering

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1. List of paraphrases for "irrigation":

   irrigated, watering, ri, perfusion, irrigate, sprinkler, lari

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1. Simon Maddocks:

   It's come up all around the house but my ability to turn on irrigation systems from my phone in Darwin and the fact that I had neighbors patrolling with fire units, I think we're lucky we got away with a house.

2. President Harley Kruse:

   Taking the drought in California a few years ago, I would hope that they haven't gone back to their old ways and they're having a rethink, you don't need 2,000 irrigation heads right from fence line to fence line to keep the course alive. You can let things dry out.

3. President Bach:

   The irrigation of the golf course does not affect the drinking water resources of Rio de Janeiro.

4. Makarius Mdemu:

   You have to take into account a whole load of geographic, agronomic, and economic factors to make irrigation projects sustainable.

5. Arif Husain:

   The political costs for lowering these subsidies will be lower (now that oil prices have dropped), this money should be freed up for rural infrastructure, public services and irrigation projects.