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pneumatic drill
noun
A heavy drill consisting of a bit powered by compressed air, used e.g. for breaking tarmac.
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Palomino works with dynamite and a pneumatic drill.
110 db - A pneumatic drill nearby 113 db - Charlie's bark.
Before smashing the sculpture, Islamic State fighters chiseled off its face with a pneumatic drill.
The piano arrangement was like a pneumatic drill, each chord repeated thee times, underlining everything.
The sound was tagged "drill'n'bass" as the percussion could be likened to a pneumatic drill.
One tabloid measured Seles's loudest grunt at 98.1 decibels, two decibels lower than a pneumatic drill.
For 17 years the snoring got worse and worse until it was like sleeping next to a pneumatic drill.
The comic equivalent of finding oneself on the receiving end of a pneumatic drill, Nichol isn't for everyone.
McQueen is working at present six days a week on a construction gang, operating a pneumatic drill.
Outdoors, decibels dropped from 120 (between loud rock music and a pneumatic drill) to under 80 decibels.
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