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Definition of "waterflood" [wa•ter•flood]

  • An inundation of water. (noun)
  • An instance of waterflooding. (noun)
  • To pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil (verb)

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Use "waterflood" in a sentence
  • ""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.""
  • "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."
  • "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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