Automatic
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Manual anything, when a power/electric/automatic/etc version is introduced.
Source: Retronym -
A series of 3-4 meter (12-15 foot) high metal fences, walls, armed guards, guard dogs, barbed wire, electric alarms, trenches, watchtowers, automatic guns and minefields.
Source: Useful Notes / Berlin Wall -
Coca-Cola. In the same episode, Murdoch questions Crabtree's choice of potentially interesting firms: General Electric and Ford are on the list... Said word for word by Brackenreid about automatic sprinklers in "Murdoch in Toyland".
Source: Series / Murdoch Mysteries
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Electric and Automatic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/automatic/electric
Automatic & Electric. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/automatic/electric>.
Electric or Automatic. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/automatic/electric.
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