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Meanings of pure alcohol in English

A colorless liquid, miscible with water, used as a reagent and solvent.

Usage of pure alcohol in English
1
The vapors which issue from this liquid contain almost solely pure alcohol.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881
2
I got some pure alcohol an' washed it in that.
Three Soldiers
3
A question was burning on Yuri's lips like pure alcohol.
Grand junction
4
Statistics claim that the average South African boozer guzzles up 30 litres of pure alcohol.
The South African
5
Pour over the fruit a pint of pure alcohol.
The International Jewish Cook Book / 1600 Recipes According to t...
6
I swear his blood must have been pure alcohol.
Voices in the dark
7
A few drops of very pure alcohol poured in above the mercury often cures this defect.
On Laboratory Arts
8
Cauterize with carbolic acid, then with pure alcohol.
Camping For Boys
9
Scientists speculate that these hydrates stimulate the palate differently than pure alcohol or pure water do.
Wired
10
The latter may be more speedy than pure alcohol, but either will destroy with fatal certainty and rapidity.
Fifteen Years in Hell: An Autobiography
11
A certain quantity of pure alcohol.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881
12
It's an odd feeling walking the streets with pure alcohol, bags of ammonium nitrate and sticks of dynamite.
News.com.au
13
South Africans consumed 27.1 litres of pure alcohol per capita in the year 2010.
The South African
14
Customs officers in Dublin have seized 257 drums of pure alcohol that they believe were for making counterfeit vodka.
The Irish Times
15
It smelled of mold and dust, pickling brine and pure alcohol -the floor was made up of sandy earth.
Breeder
16
He swallowed an enormous draught; it was almost pure alcohol, but he was so cold that it seemed like water.
Jack / 1877
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