depot
noun
also ˈdē-
, sense 3 is ˈdē-
, sometimes ˈde-
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depository, magazine, repository, storage, storehouse, warehouse
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Massive explosions earlier last week at a Siberian military depot killed one and injured 13, as well as forcing the evacuation of 16,500 people from their homes. — oregonlive.com, "Russia says new weapon blew up in nuclear accident last week," 12 Aug. 2019 The incident comes after a series of massive explosions earlier last week at a Siberian military depot killed one and injured 13, as well as forcing the evacuation of 16,500 people from their homes. — Author: Jake Rudnitsky, Stepan Kravchenko, Anchorage Daily News, "Small nuclear reactor blew up in accident that killed five scientists, Russia says," 12 Aug. 2019 The incident comes after a series of massive explosions earlier last week at a Siberian military depot killed one and injured 13, as well as forcing the evacuation of 16,500 people from their homes. — Jake Rudnitsky And Stepan Kravchenko / Bloomberg, Time, "Russia Says Small Nuclear Reactor Blew Up in Deadly Accident," 12 Aug. 2019 The new blast came after the Russian arms depot’s arsenal near the city of Achinsk in eastern Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region was reportedly hit by lightning. — Fox News, "Fresh blast at Russian arms depot days after massive explosions," 10 Aug. 2019 After the train station closed in the 1960s, the depot building was used by a variety of businesses. — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, "Former Boston and Maine train depot in Kennebunk dating back to 1873 is up for sale," 31 July 2019 Along the way, the agency would develop fuel depots to store propellant and procedures for in-space refueling. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "The Greatest Leap, part 6: After Apollo, NASA still searching for an encore," 21 July 2019 Sheriffs from the city’s Department of Finance seized 34 trucks during a Wednesday morning raid of a Long Island City, Queens, depot over the unpaid fines, according to a City Hall spokeswoman.... — Katie Honan, WSJ, "Owners of NYC Ice Cream Trucks Accused of Avoiding $4.5 Million in Traffic Tickets," 5 June 2019 While ships move, port facilities do not, and blowing up fuel storage depots can ensure China’s invasion force won’t have the fuel to complete a strait crossing. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Taiwan is Reverse-Engineering Fighter Jet Engines To Power a Cruise Missile," 3 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'depot.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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