Engineer
Put out
Put out verb - To bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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On similar lines: An engineer, an applied mathematician and a pure mathematician are asked how to put out a burning house.
Source: Mathematician's Answer -
Sergeant Norman Jackson, an engineer aboard an Avro Lancaster bomber, was already wounded when he crawled out of the cockpit and over to the wing to put out an engine fire, knowing full well he could not get back in afterwards and would have to jump.
Source: Midair Repair -
Plus unless the gun itself is destroyed, which rarely happens when they're put out of commission, you can send an infantry squad to man it, an engineer to top off the health, and it'll be back in action.
Source: Video Game / Company of Heroes
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