flushing
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Bottled water is being delivered to residents in Killin for a second day and locals have been warned not to use tap water for anything other than flushing toilets.
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They have been urged not to use tap water for anything other than flushing toilets.
From BBC
It said some 500 homes and businesses had been affected and water could only be used for flushing toilets - warning that boiling the contaminated water would not make it safe for other uses.
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Monitoring the brain’s self-regulation and maintenance functions, like this fluid flushing, are opportunities for new diagnostic tools and avenues for treatment, Nedergaard said.
We’ve only lived with Aunt Melissa for one week, but I already know the trick for flushing the upstairs toilet, which bowls can go in the microwave, and how to jiggle the lock on the back door.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.