"nearby" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- There the flames consumed the escaping vapors, forcing firefighters to use water to cool nearby tanks to prevent further spread.
- The initial explosion destroyed eleven storage tanks at the facility, but quickly spread to other nearby tanks.
- For several hours on Tuesday, all the firefighters could do was try to keep the heat from setting off the nearby tanks.
- The tank exploded, sending its lid airborne and spreading the fire to other nearby tanks.
- Working quickly, he affixed it to the base of a nearby tank, out of sight of the guard's body.
- Scared, he drags the body outside, and dumps him into a nearby septic tank.
- Another bomb was found at a nearby tank containing a million gallons of methanol, a flammable industrial chemical.
- Ogden was again rubbing at a nearby tank.
- Blue-white sparks lit the air, connecting with the pure oxygen that had been steadily feeding from the nearby tank.
- The intended target was a nearby Iraqi tank.
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