Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A flood of water; an inundation.
Wiktionary
- n. An inundation of water.
- n. An instance of waterflooding.
- v. To pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A flood of water; an inundation.
Examples
“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.”
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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
“Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.”
“They rushed through the city like a waterflood, and large numbers of the natives were slain, and large numbers taken prisoners.”
“Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder?”
“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.”
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