Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flood of water; an inundation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A flood of water; an inundation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
inundation ofwater . - noun An instance of
waterflooding . - verb To pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil
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Examples
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"Twelve rigs were completing operations, which were not covered under the moratorium, such as drilling a relief well; workover operations; and drilling waterflood, gas injections or disposal wells."
Susan Buchanan: Jobs Lost to Deep Drilling Ban Less Than Predicted Susan Buchanan 2011
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"Twelve rigs were completing operations, which were not covered under the moratorium, such as drilling a relief well; workover operations; and drilling waterflood, gas injections or disposal wells."
Susan Buchanan: Jobs Lost to Deep Drilling Ban Less Than Predicted Susan Buchanan 2011
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"Twelve rigs were completing operations, which were not covered under the moratorium, such as drilling a relief well; workover operations; and drilling waterflood, gas injections or disposal wells."
Susan Buchanan: Jobs Lost to Deep Drilling Ban Less Than Predicted Susan Buchanan 2011
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For yet another example, to justify the use of the waterboarding technique, the Bibo Sez they they should have put a cartoon bubble over the strapped down prisoners' heads, saying "Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me" Psalm 69:15.
Texas Faith: When is it okay to use God to advance public policy? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Psalms 69. 1999
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They rushed through the city like a waterflood, and large numbers of the natives were slain, and large numbers taken prisoners.
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Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder?
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At first, thick bursts of fear beat full upon the heart, and life seems to come down like a waterflood, in an overwhelming consciousness of sin; it seems impossible that you should see His face and live.
Sermons. Volume Third. 1808-1892 1847
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