air-breathing

adjective

air-breath·ing ˈer-ˌbrē-t͟hiŋ

: of, employing, or being an engine that requires air for combustion

Examples of air-breathing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The 2022 vaccine mandate decision, another 6-3 masterpiece, turned on sophistry that workplace rules only covered hazards found solely in the workplace (but somehow excluding, say, forced air-breathing with infected employees), and ignored the deeper reality that vaccines save lives. —

The Editors, Scientific American, 10 July 2024

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