ventilator

1. A device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air.

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   a device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air

2. A machine that moves breathable air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe sufficiently.

   Near-synonym: respirator

   Beatmungsgerät

3. (figuratively)Some behaviour or happening that relieves a tense atmosphere or situation.

4. (obsolete, slang)A play or an actor so bad as to empty the theater.

1. Tom has been on a ventilator since October.

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2. Several other groups are working on low-cost ventilators.

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3. He is now breathing with the help of a ventilator.

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4. They refuse to allocate enough funds to buy new ventilators.

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5. The supply of masks and ventilators is either gone or quickly diminishing.

   deDer Vorrat an Masken und Beatmungsgeräten geht, wo es nicht schon passiert ist, schnell zur Neige. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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