Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In mining, to free, as a mine, of its water by draining, pumping, or in any other way.
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- verb to
remove water from
Etymologies
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Examples
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We saw this exact thing in The Phantom Menace, wherein our heroes are unwater in a submarine being chased by a monster, which is then eaten by a second, larger monster.
The Once and Future Captain of the Enterprise frankwu 2009
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Engineers struggle to find ways of “unwater” New Orleans via
Katrina Headlines XXII : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2005
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MICHAEL ZUMSTEIN, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS: The fastest way to unwater the city is to intentionally breach the levees that we have created to protect us from the hurricane.
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At the same time, we had a chance to go and revise our calculations as to the amount of saturation and the amount of time it would take to unwater the city once we have the plants -- once we have the pumps.
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There's a combination the wind and storm surges that were higher than these levees could withstand at this early time period, since we were unable to unwater the area and then close the levee.
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At the same time, we had a chance to go and revise our calculations as to the amount of saturation and the amount of time it would take to unwater the city once we have the plants -- once we have the pumps.
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To accomplish this it was a necessary preliminary to construction to unwater about twelve acres of the river, and the doing of this called for much engineering skill.
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Hindús rarely went below 60 feet, because they could not unwater the mine, and that the Brazilian finds his precious stones 280 feet below the surface.
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855
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We could unearth (unwater?) and repopulate the old ghost town under Dillon Reservoir and wash our hands of the whole security mess.
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Co! rps of Engineers is deploying three tractor - driven pumps to unwater the HWY 317 levee area which was overtopped.
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