blowout
Use Blowout in a sentence
noun
1.
a sudden bursting or rupture of an automobile tire.
2.
a sudden or violent escape of air, steam, or the like.
3.
a hollow formed in a region of shifting sands or light soil by the action of the wind.
4.
an uncontrollable escape of oil, gas, or water from a well.
5.
Aeronautics, flame-out.
Origin:
1815–25; noun use of verb phrase blow out
1815–25; noun use of verb phrase blow out
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Blowout
is always a great word to know.
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| vibratory motion in system in which restoring force is proportional to displacement from equilibrium |
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Example sentences
Also called a ram preventer ram preventer see ram blowout preventer.
New plans involving work on a blowout preventer could move officials closer to halting the oil.
Well bore integrity provides the first line of defense against a blowout by preventing a loss of well control.
What to read at the first anniversary of the blowout.
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