empty directly
Frequency: 5.84.3 per million words
to flow or pour into something without intermediate steps
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- Water from the underground pipes empties directly into nearby streams.
- The main sewer line empties directly into the treatment plant.
- This small river empties directly into the Atlantic Ocean.
- The factory's waste pipe used to empty directly into the lake, causing pollution.
- A newly constructed drainage channel will empty directly into the reservoir.
- All the gutters on the roof are designed to empty directly into the storm drain system.
- The holding tank is engineered to empty directly into the emergency basin if it overflows.
- After the storm, the flooded fields began to empty directly into the main canal.
- Be careful, as this industrial runoff empties directly into a public waterway.
- The design specifies that the aqueduct will empty directly into the city's water supply.